Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Books/
  2. Bible Study

Christian Faith Among the Jieeng

The Shift in Values, the Stages of Faith, and the Cultural and Religious Experiences of Jieeng Believers in the Episcopal Diocese of Bor

by Nathaniel Athian Deng Mayen Bsw Rev

  • Paperback
  • 380 pages
  • Publisher: Outskirts Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm

£26.40

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 5 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Free delivery on orders over £10

A society that lacks moral, religious and ethical values and beliefs is like a cow without a tail. The cow lacks not only a defense or protective mechanism against flies and other parasitic insects, but also a propelling mechanism to escape other predators. Faith is like a society because it reveals individual and group values and beliefs in God, maintains varying meanings that individuals give to life, and influences how individuals and groups relate to each other in the society. The struggles amidst different life paradoxes cause tremendous shift in faith and social, cultural and religious values across different cultures. This book is both an observatory and an experiential story of mission and development of Christian faith among the Jieeng (Dinka) believers in South Sudan. The book first, revives the encounter between Christian and Jieeng (Dinka) values using personal and group approaches to different teachings about social relationships; and second, reveals believers' experiential journey of faith away from Jieeng animist worship to Christianity as a result of the exposure to different religious worldviews, the powerlessness of Jieeng animist deities or divinities, the need for alternative protection from God, and the search for personal identity during civil war in South Sudan. The author maintains that God mysteriously reveals Himself to Jieeng animist believers and wins their hearts through miracles or theophanies, which, in turn, reveal the powerlessness of animist gods, jak, whom Jieeng subsequently abandon and believe in God as an alternative means to substantiate their faith. Until the recent move of God to draw Jieeng believers and other South Sudanese ethnic communities to Himself, the indigenous people still believe in the African animist deities even after the European Christian missionaries have left Africa.
Christian Faith Among the Jieeng and Incomparable
IncomparableChristian Faith Among the Jieeng

  • Author

    Nathaniel Athian Deng Mayen Bsw Rev

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Outskirts Press

  • Published

    December 2014

  • Weight

    532g

  • Page Count

    380

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781478727590

  • ISBN-10

    1478727594

  • Eden Code

    4318901

Featured in

Over 14,000 churches and schools have upgraded to an Advance Account and we‘d love to welcome you into this free program. We know that church volunteers and school teachers often use their own money, then have claim it back on on an expense form. We can take all of that hassle away by invoicing your church or school directly and delivering your order straight away.

Opening an account is quick and easy, with most accounts being approved and setup within a few hours of filling in the form below (on weekdays, not weekends). As soon as we‘ve approved the application we‘ll send you an email to let you know that its done.

Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account
Write a review
      Ask a question