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.