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The Church in Africa, 1450-1950

by Adrian Hastings (professor Of Theology And Head Of The Department Of Theology And Religious Studies, Professor Of Theology And Head Of The Department Of Theology And Religious Studies, University Of Leeds)

  • Paperback
  • 720 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 3.7 cm

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"I can merely admire his courage in tackling so complex and difficult a subject; he should succeed in stimulating a fresh generation of research ...this well-written, intelligent and lively study will greatly stimulate anyone fortunate enough to read it." Christianity provided the constitutive identity of historic Ethiopia. From the sixteenth century, and increasingly from the nineteenth, it entered decisively into the life and culture of an increasing number of other African peoples. In the course of the twentieth century, African Christians have become a major part of the world Church, and arguably modern African history as a whole is not intelligible without its powerful Christian element. Yet despite the great advance in African historiography over the last forty years, this is the first major volume to consider the historical development and character of the Christian Church in Africa as a whole, linking together Ehtiopia Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and the numerousm 'Independent' churches of modern times.The book focuses throughout on the role of coversion, the shaping of Church life and its relationship to traditional values, and the impact of political power. Professor Hastings also compares the relation of Christian history to the comprable development of Islam in Africa.
The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 and World History of Christianity
World History of ChristianityThe Church in Africa, 1450-1950

  • Author

    Adrian Hastings (professor Of Theology And Head Of The Department Of Theology And Religious Studies, Professor Of Theology And Head Of The Department Of Theology And Religious Studies, University Of Leeds)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 1996

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    990g

  • Page Count

    720

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 3.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198263999

  • ISBN-10

    0198263996

  • Eden Code

    1147200

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