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UNINA9910828453003321 |
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Titolo |
Christianity in Tropical Africa : Studies Presented and Discussed at the Seventh International African Seminar, University of Ghana, April 1965 / / edited by C. G. Baëta |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018] |
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©1968 |
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ISBN |
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1-351-04280-7 |
1-351-04282-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (466 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part 1: Historical Perspective-- 1. Problems of Historical Perspective: The Planting of Christianity in Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries --Richard Gray -- 2. Relations Between Christian Missions, European Administrations, and Traders in the Gold Coast 1828-74 --I. Tufuoh -- 3. Missonary Policies as seen in the Work of Misions with the Evangelical presbyterian Church, Ghana --E. Grau -- 4. Catholics and Protestants in the Congo --Ruth Slade Reardon -- 5. The Missionary Struggle with Complexity --T. Price -- Part 2: The Analytical Perspective -- --6. Converts and Martyrs in Buganda --D. A. Low -- 7. Influence de la Christianisation sur les institutions traditionnelles des ethnies ctires du Cameroun --M. R. Bureau -- 8. Some Problems of African Christianity: Guilt and Shame --F. B. Welbourn -- 9. Conceptions of Christianity in the Context of Tropical Africa: Nigerian Reactions to its Advent --J. B. Schuyler -- 10. Attitudes and Policies of the Yoruba African Churches Towards Polygamy --J. B. Webster -- 11. Ethiopianism: Past and Present --G. Shepperson -- 12. Church Growth and Independency as Organic Phenomena: An Analysis of Two Hundred African Tribes --D. B. Barrett -- 13. Some Traditional African Religions and Christianity --R. Laroche -- 14. Christianisme et culture africaine: apport africain la thologie --V. Mulago -- 15. The Ways and Means of Communicating the Gospel --John Mbiti -- Part 3: Trends and |
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Prospects in African Christianity-- 16. Mariage et famille dans les groupes christianiss ou en voie de Christianisation de Dakar --V. Martin -- 17. Religion and Socio-Economic Action Among the Serenje-Lala of Zambia --Norman Long -- 18. The Predicament of the Church in Africa --E. Bolaji Idowu. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Originally published in 1968 this volume discusses the issues and problems relevant to Christianity in Tropical Africa. It includes historical studies of the earlier Catholic and Protestant missions and their relationship with African communities, traders and colonial administrations; the social and psychological aspects of conversion and responses to the teaching of the gospel and the impact of Christian teaching on indigenous beliefs; the analysis of modern trends such as separatism. |
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