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Uniquely African? : African Christian identity from cultural and historical perspectives / edited by James L. Cox and Gerrie ter Haar.

Contributor(s): Cox, James L. (James Leland) | Haar, Gerrie ter
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in contemporary Africa series: Publisher: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: viii, 310 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1592211135; 9781592211135; 1592211143 (pbk.); 9781592211142 (pbk.)Subject(s): Christianity -- Africa, Sub-SaharanDDC classification: 276 LOC classification: BR1430 | .U55 2003Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Preface : setting the context : the African Christianity project and the emergence of a self-reflexive institutional identity / James L. Cox -- Introduction : what role do institutions of theology and religious studies play in the engagement with African cultural dynamics? / Leslie E.T. Shyllon -- African identities as the projection of Western alterity / James L. Cox -- 'Knowing the African' : Edwin W. Smith and the invention of African traditional religion / Henk J. Van Rinsum -- Educational institutions and Christian engagement with societal challenges / U.D. Anyanwu -- Christian engagement with African culture : religious challenges / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Christianity in a pluralistic context : religious challenges in Zimbabwe / Ezra Chitando -- Church life, civil society, and democratization in Malawi, 1992-96 / Kenneth R. Ross -- Christianity and national development in West Africa : dilemmas and possibilities / Gustav H.K. Deveneaux -- Christianity, nation-building and national identity in Ghana : religious perspectives / Elom Dovlo -- Christian missions and nation-building in Ghana : an historical evaluation / Robert Addo-Fenning -- 'Globecalisation' and religion : the Pentecostal model in contemporary Africa / Ogbo U. Kalu -- Old 'wine' in new bottles : prophetic experiences in the celestial Church of Christ / Afe Adogame -- Who defines African identity? : a concluding analysis / Gerrie ter Haar.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface : setting the context : the African Christianity project and the emergence of a self-reflexive institutional identity / James L. Cox -- Introduction : what role do institutions of theology and religious studies play in the engagement with African cultural dynamics? / Leslie E.T. Shyllon -- African identities as the projection of Western alterity / James L. Cox -- 'Knowing the African' : Edwin W. Smith and the invention of African traditional religion / Henk J. Van Rinsum -- Educational institutions and Christian engagement with societal challenges / U.D. Anyanwu -- Christian engagement with African culture : religious challenges / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Christianity in a pluralistic context : religious challenges in Zimbabwe / Ezra Chitando -- Church life, civil society, and democratization in Malawi, 1992-96 / Kenneth R. Ross -- Christianity and national development in West Africa : dilemmas and possibilities / Gustav H.K. Deveneaux -- Christianity, nation-building and national identity in Ghana : religious perspectives / Elom Dovlo -- Christian missions and nation-building in Ghana : an historical evaluation / Robert Addo-Fenning -- 'Globecalisation' and religion : the Pentecostal model in contemporary Africa / Ogbo U. Kalu -- Old 'wine' in new bottles : prophetic experiences in the celestial Church of Christ / Afe Adogame -- Who defines African identity? : a concluding analysis / Gerrie ter Haar.

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