Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa

Herausgeber: Bongmba, Elias Kifon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa offers a multi-disciplinary analysis of the Christian tradition across the African continent and throughout a long historical span. The volume offers historical and thematic essays tracing the introduction of Christianity in Africa, as well as its growth, developments, and effects, including the lived experience of African Christians. Individual chapters address the themes of Christianity and gender, the development of African-initiated churches, the growth of Pentecostalism, and the influence of Christianity on issues of sexuality, music, and public health. This comprehensive volume will serve as a valuable overview and reference work for students and researchers worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Religion Companions
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 598
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1050g
• ISBN-13: 9780367190668
• ISBN-10: 0367190664
• Artikelnr.: 56924592

Autorenporträt

Elias Kifon Bongmba holds the Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology and Professor Religion at Rice University and serves as President of the African Association for the Study of Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Elias K. Bongmba.
Part I: Selected Historical Perspectives. 1. Christianity in North Africa:
Elias K. Bongmba. 2. Christianity in Egypt-The Coptic Church: Youhanna
Nessim Youssef. 3. Early Christian Discourses and Literature in North
African Christianities in the Context of Hellenistic Judaism and
Greco-Roman Culture: Gerhard van den Heever. 4. Historical Perspectives on
West African Christianity: Robert Baum. 5. Early Central African
Christianity: Prophets, Priests and Kings: Sara Fretheim. 6. Christianity
in East Africa: Loreen Maseno. 7. The Cross in Ethiopian Christianity:
Ecclesial Symbolism and Religious Experience: Jon Abbink. 8. The Bible in
an African Christianity: South African Black Theology: Gerald West. 9.
Christianity and Translation in Colonial Context : Inventing Globalization:
Musa W. Dube. 10. Women in African Christianities: Esther Mombo. Part II:
Modern Developments and Interreligious Encounters. 11. Mission Theory and
Practice in Africa: Frans Wijsen. 12. Evangelicals: Rereading Ethiopian
Pentecostals and Evangelism: Tibebe Eshte. 13. African Christianity in the
Post Vatican II Era: Clement Majawa. 14. Ecumenism in African Christianity:
Jesse N.K. Mugambi. 15. Christianity and African Religion: Historical
Dynamics of the Encounter: Laurenti Magesa. 16. Muslim-Christian Relations
in Africa: An Overview of Centuries of Personal Encounters: Festo Mkenda.
Part III: African Initiatives in Christianity. 17. African Initiated
Christianity in Southern Africa: Ezra Chitando. 18. Pentecostalism in
Eastern Africa: Martina Prosén. 19. Pentecostalism in Southern Africa:
Allan H. Anderson. 20. African Christianity and Transnational Religious
Networks: From Africa to America and back to Africa: Moses Biney. Part IV:
Christianity, Politics, and Development. 21. Christianity and Politics in
West Africa: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu. 22. Christendom in Crisis: The
Catholic Church &Postcolonial Politics in Central Africa: J.J. Carney. 23.
Christianity and Politics in Southern Africa 1960-2013: James N. Amanze.
24. Christianity and Apartheid in South Africa: Robert Vosloo. 25. The
African Church and Development: Richard S. Maposa. 26. Approaches to
Religion and the Environment in Africa: Ernst M. Conradie. Part V:
Ecclesial Life and Lived Experience. 27. Church Music in Africa: Space for
Enculturation and Transformation: Emily Achieng Akuno. 28. Christianity and
Sexuality in Africa: Matthews A. Ojo and Adewale J. Adelakun. 29.
Christianity and Same-Sex Relationships in Africa: Adriann van Klinken.
30. From Medical Missions to Church Health Services: Elias K. Bongmba. 31.
Christianity and Healing in Africa: The Anglican Church's Holy Cross
Community in Zimbabwe: Tabona Shoko. 32. Religion, Human Rights and the
Future of Humanity: Some Reflections: N. Barney Pityana. Conclusion:
Studying African Christianity: Future Trajectories: Elias K. Bongmba.
Select Bibliography. Index.