The kingdom of God in Africa : a short history of African Christianity / Mark R. Shaw. [print]

By:

Shaw, Mark, 1949- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: BGC monographPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books ; (c)1996.; Wheaton, Illinois : Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, (c)1996.Description: 328 pages : maps ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780801020964

Subject(s):

Evangelicalism -- Africa -- History

LOC classification:

BR1360
BR1360.S535.K564 1996

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Contents:

part 2. The Clash of Kingdoms: Medieval African Christianity (600-1700). 5. The Kingdoms of Allah and Mungu: Islam and African Religion in the Middle Ages. 6. Crumbling Kingdoms: Nubian Collapse and Ethiopian Survival. 7. The Kingdoms of Christendom: The European Discovery of Africa, 1500-1700 -- part 3. The Reign of Christ: African Christianity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. 8. The Liberating Kingdom: The Crusade Against the Slave Trade. 9. Kingdom and Community in West Africa. 10. A Kingdom Divided: South African Christianity. 11. The Violent Kingdom: East African Christianity -- part 4. The Kingdom on Earth: African Christianity in the Twentieth Century. 12. Ambassadors of the Kingdom: The Missionary Factor in Colonial Africa. 13. Cities of Zion: Independent Christian Movements before 1960. 14. Kingdom of Earth: Christianity in Independent Africa. 15. The Presence of the Kingdom: Lessons from the African Story.

Subject: This survey of Africa's Christian centuries is organized around Augustine's vision of the City of God and H. Richard Niebuhr's conception of the kingdom of God in history. African Christianity, writes the author, has blended the sovereign rule of God, the redemptive reign of Christ, and the social emphases of the kingdom of justice.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BR1360.S475 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001628961

part 1. The Imperial Rule of God: Early African Christianity (100-600). 1. Wrestling with the Kingdom: Approaches to African Church History. 2. The Kingdom along the Nile: Christianity in Egypt. 3. The City of God: Christianity in North Africa. 4. Kings of Glory: Christianity in Ethiopia and Nubia to 640 -- part 2. The Clash of Kingdoms: Medieval African Christianity (600-1700). 5. The Kingdoms of Allah and Mungu: Islam and African Religion in the Middle Ages. 6. Crumbling Kingdoms: Nubian Collapse and Ethiopian Survival. 7. The Kingdoms of Christendom: The European Discovery of Africa, 1500-1700 -- part 3. The Reign of Christ: African Christianity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. 8. The Liberating Kingdom: The Crusade Against the Slave Trade. 9. Kingdom and Community in West Africa. 10. A Kingdom Divided: South African Christianity. 11. The Violent Kingdom: East African Christianity -- part 4. The Kingdom on Earth: African Christianity in the Twentieth Century. 12. Ambassadors of the Kingdom: The Missionary Factor in Colonial Africa. 13. Cities of Zion: Independent Christian Movements before 1960. 14. Kingdom of Earth: Christianity in Independent Africa. 15. The Presence of the Kingdom: Lessons from the African Story.

This survey of Africa's Christian centuries is organized around Augustine's vision of the City of God and H. Richard Niebuhr's conception of the kingdom of God in history. African Christianity, writes the author, has blended the sovereign rule of God, the redemptive reign of Christ, and the social emphases of the kingdom of justice.

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