Wealth, health, and hope in African Christian religion : the search for abundant life / edited by Stan Chu Ilo ; foreword by Esther Acolatse. - Lanham : Lexington Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword / Introduction: The search for abundant life in African Christian religion: historical reinterpretation of Christian mission in Africa / African Christian religion: its scope in the global context / In quest of wholeness: African Christians in the new Christianity / Searching for healing in a miraculous stream: the fate of God's people in Africa / Eradicating evil in the search for practices of hope in Africa: witchcraft beliefs and accusations in contemporary Ghanaian Christianity / Pentecostal and charismatic renewal as a socio-religious phenomenon for transformation in Africa / Taking Africa out of the African: eco-community, the Christian heritage of empire and neo-pentecostalism in Africa / The African peoples and money: yesterday, today and tomorrow / The place of money in mission between Africa and the West: a personal narrative / Nigeria, Europe and Christian mission: models of economic collaboration in the 21st century / The African church and the impact of contemporary fundraising and sustainability / To recycle or not to recycle: an ethical question in Africa's relation with the West / In the wake of overt religiosity: a critical and appreciative perspective on religion as a force for social transformation and development in African society / by Esther Acolatse -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Caleb O. Oladipo -- David Tonghou Ngong -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Cyril G. K. Fayose -- Clement Majawa -- Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo -- Nathanaël Soede -- Jim Harries -- Felix Enegho -- Levi Nkwocha -- Aloysius Ochasi, Peter Clark, and Michael Barkowski -- Obaji M. Agbiji and Ignatius Swart.



9781498561280

2017041235


Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.


Electronic Books.

BR1430 / .W435 2017