African Reformation

African Reformation PDF Author: Allan Anderson
Publisher: Africa World Press
ISBN: 9780865438842
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
This studay provides an overview of the numerous African initiated churches that came into being during the 20th century in the various different parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Written by an acknowledged expert on Christianity in Africa, it also examines the reasons for the emergence of these religious centres that have resulted from the interaction between Christianity and African pre-Christian religions.

African Christian Theologies and the Impact of the Reformation

African Christian Theologies and the Impact of the Reformation PDF Author: Heinrich Bedford-Strohm
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643908202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461

Book Description
One of the strongest heritages of the Reformation for Christianity was to return to the central role given to the Bible, translated in local dialects. Christianity expanded thanks to the translation of the Bible in vernacular languages worldwide. Most importantly, the people who had been victims of prejudices of race supremacy could now have access to God in their own language, culture, and idioms without intermediaries. It is largely thanks to Bible translations that the majority of those churches in Africa, born of European mission activities, continued to develop positively after the end of the colonial age, and that independent African churches emerged. (Series: Theology in the Public Square / Theologie in der Ã?Â?ffentlichkeit, Vol. 10) [Subject: African Studies, Christian Studies]

Glory Road

Glory Road PDF Author: Anthony J. Carter
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433522586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Ten African-American leaders in the church tell their stories of how they embraced Reformed theology and what effect it has had on their lives and ministries. The ten men who have contributed to this book are often asked, "How did you come to embrace Reformed theology?" With the recent surge in popularity of Reformed theology in the broader evangelical world and the growing interest among African-Americans, it shouldn't seem curious that more and more African-American churchmen are embracing Reformed theology. But the question remains, and Glory Road provides an answer, using personal accounts tracing their conversion to Christianity, their introduction to and embrace of Reformed theology, and this theology's effect on their lives and ministries. Ultimately, Glory Road is about the glory of God in providentially bringing men and women to the truths of salvation. In addition to the book's editor, Anthony J. Carter, Glory Road includes contributions from such notable pastors as Thabiti Anyabwile, Ken Jones, Michael Leach, and Eric Redmond.

On Being Black and Reformed

On Being Black and Reformed PDF Author: Anthony J. Carter
Publisher: P & R Publishing
ISBN: 9780875527956
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
How Can an African-American consciousness and Reformed theology benefit each other? Where was God in the Atlantic Slave Trade? How does Christianity triumph among people historically oppressed in part by the church itself? Anthony Carter brings positive, informed responses to such questions, thereby enriching our understanding and furthering racial reconciliation. Book jacket.

The Holy Spirit and Salvation in African Christian Theology

The Holy Spirit and Salvation in African Christian Theology PDF Author: David Tonghou Ngong
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433109416
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Baylor University, 2007 under title: The material in salvific discourse: a study of two Christian perspectives.

Resistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century African-American Literature

Resistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century African-American Literature PDF Author: John Ernest
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617034725
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description


Church Growth Bulletin Vol 2

Church Growth Bulletin Vol 2 PDF Author: McGavran Dona
Publisher: William Carey Library
ISBN: 9780878087020
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 534

Book Description


African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century

African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century PDF Author: Klaus Koschorke
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447053310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The map of global Christianity continues to undergo dramatic changes, and on this map Africa comes to the fore. The proceedings of the Third International Conference at Munich-Freising on the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World seek to respond to the growing importance of Africa in the context of World Christianity. Prominent scholars from Africa and Europe deal with the manifold manifestations of African Christianity in the 20th century and the various ways in which "African" and "Christian" identities were formulated and interacted with each other. The negotiation of the local and the global in the process of forming African churches is discussed, as is the question of the impact of internal African debates and developments on global ecumenical discussions. From the table of contents (16 contributions): O.U. Kalu, A Trail of Ferment in African Christianity. Ethiopianism, Prophetism, PentecostalismK. Ward, African identities in the historic 'Mainline Churches'. A case study of the negotiation of local and global within African AnglicanismA. Anderson, African Independent Churches and Global Pentecostalism. Historical Connections and Common IdentitiesE. Kamphausen, 'African Cry'. Anmerkungen zur Entstehungsgeschichte einer kontextuellen Befreiungstheologie in AfrikaA. Adamavi-Aho Ekue, Troubled but not destroyed. The development of African Theologies and the paradigm of the 'Theology of reconstruction'K. Hock, Appropriated Vibrancy. 'Immediacy' as a Formative Element in African Theologies

Black and Reformed

Black and Reformed PDF Author: Allan Aubrey Boesak
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498226426
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
These essays represent a forceful, relentless engagement with the political, social, economic, and theological pillars upon which South African apartheid rested. In the renewed struggles against global apartheid, Boesak's writings, in their theological grounding and with their social and political challenge, come across as alive, relevant, and powerful as they were in the struggle against South African apartheid, offering valuable insights and lessons for ongoing justice struggles today.

The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue

The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue PDF Author: Gene L. Green
Publisher: Langham Publishing
ISBN: 1783684496
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
The Book of Revelation describes a church from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation glorifying the Lamb that was slain. As the church expands in the Majority World and Christianity becomes an increasingly global faith, this vision is an increasingly visible reality. The insights found in The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue are not commonplace. Written by nine theologians and biblical scholars from Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, each provides fresh perspectives surveying the most pressing ecclesiological issues in their various regions. The end result is a prescient analysis and constructive proposal detailing how the worldwide church can bear witness in a diverse and changing world.