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The Palgrave Handbook of Christianity in Africa from Apostolic Times to the Present

This comprehensive Handbook provides chapter length surveys of the history of Christian missions and Christian churches on the African continent since the time of Christ. Africa is rapidly becoming the most Christianized region of the world. While common narratives about Christianity tend to present...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barnes, Andrew Eugene (Editor), Falola, Toyin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Subjects:
History Of Religion
African Religions
Religion / History
Culture
Ethnology / Africa
African History
Christianity
Africa / History
Africa / Religion
African Culture
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 42. African Christians Outside of Africa./
  • Chapter 28. Christianity, Witchcraft, Magic, and Healing in Africa
  • Chapter 29. African Women Christians
  • Chapter 30. Ethiopianism in Africa
  • Chapter 31. Garveyism and Christianity in Colonial Africa
  • Chapter 32. The East African Revival
  • Chapter 33. The Transfer of Protestant Mission Churches to African Christians
  • Part IV The Rooting of Christianity in Africa II: Christian Life in Contemporary Africa
  • Chapter 34. Christian Devotional Practice in Contemporary Africa
  • Chapter 35. Catholic Church Growth in Independent Africa
  • Chapter 36. Christian Femininity in Independent Africa
  • Chapter 37. Change and Continuity in AIC Church Life and Their Scholarship: A Question of Maturation?
  • Chapter 38. Significant Trends in Contemporary African Pentecostalism
  • Chapter 39. African Pentecostalism from an African Perspective
  • Chapter 40. Missions and Contemporary African Rulers
  • Chapter 41. African Christianity Rising: Lessons from a Documentary Film Project
  • Chapter 16. Continental ProtestantMissions and the Evangelization of Africa (1800–1880)
  • Chapter 17. European Settlers and Christianity in Africa
  • Chapter 18. Catholic Missions and African Responses II: 1800–1885
  • Chapter 19. European Christianity and European Imperialism in Africa
  • Chapter 20. “New World Ethiopianism and the Evangelization of Africa”
  • Chapter 21. Catholic Missions and Colonial States
  • Chapter 22. Protestant Missions and Colonial States
  • Chapter 23. Women Missionaries and the Evangelization of Women in Africa
  • Chapter 24. Christian Africans, Muslim Africans, and the European Colonial Project
  • Part III The Rooting of Christianity in Africa I: Christian Life from Ancient Times to the Independence Era
  • Chapter 25. Christian Communities and Religious Movements in Roman Africa
  • Chapter 26. Christian Communities and Religious Movements in Ethiopia and Nubia
  • Chapter 27. Mission Station Christianity in the Nineteenth Century: A Spatial Lens
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I Mentors
  • Chapter 2. The Writings and Influence of Edward W. Blyden
  • Chapter 3. The Writings and Legacy of John Mbiti
  • Chapter 4. The Writings and Legacy of Adrian Hastings
  • Chapter 5. Elizabeth Isichei’s Contributions to the Study of Christianity
  • Chapter 6. The Writings and Legacy of Andrew Walls
  • Chapter 7. The Writings and Legacy of Lamin Sanneh
  • Chapter 8. The Writings and Legacy of John Peel
  • Chapter 9. The Legacy of Terrence Ranger for Historians of African Christianity
  • Chapter 10. The Writings and Legacy of J. F. Ade Ajayi
  • Chapter 11. The Writings and Legacy of Ogbu Kalu
  • Part II Trans-Atlantic Christianity in Africa
  • Chapter 12. Missionaries and African Christians
  • Chapter 13. Catholic Missions and African Responses I: 1450–1800
  • Chapter 14. African Initiatives and Agency Within British Protestant Missions in Africa, c.1792–c.1914
  • Chapter 15. Abolitionism and the Evangelization of Africa

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