How Africa shaped the Christian mind : rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity /

Oden, Thomas C,

How Africa shaped the Christian mind : rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity / [print] Thomas C. Oden. - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, (c)2007. - 204 pages : maps ; 22 cm.



The African seedbed of Western Christianity. A forgotten story ; Seven ways Africa shaped the Christian mind ; Defining Africa ; One faith, two Africas ; Temptations -- African orthodox recovery. The opportunity for retrieval ; How the blood of African martyrs became the seed of European Christianity ; Right remembering ; Seeking the reconciliation of Christianity and Islam through historical insight -- Appendix : the challenges of early African research.



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Christianity--Africa.

BR1360.O23.H693 2007