God In Africa

Author : Mark Shaw,Wanjiru M. Gitau
Publisher : Langham Global Library
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839730207

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The Kingdom of God in Africa by Mark Shaw,Wanjiru M. Gitau Pdf

African Christianity is not an imported religion but rather one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world. In The Kingdom of God in Africa, Mark Shaw and Wanjiru M. Gitau trace the development and spread of African Christianity through its two-thousand year history, demonstrating how the African church has faithfully testified to the power and diversity of God’s kingdom. Both history students and casual readers will gain greater understanding of how key churches, figures and movements across the continent conceptualized the kingdom of God and manifested it through their actions. The only up-to- date, single-volume study of its kind, this book also includes maps and statistics that aid readers to absorb the rich history of African Christianity and discover its impact on the rest of the world.

Author : Nkengasong, Nkemngong
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789956792405

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God was African by Nkengasong, Nkemngong Pdf

When Kendem, a varsity instructor, returns to his native Lewoh countryside where he spent his childhood, he is seeking relief from the complexity of human civilization after attending the Fulbright Institute in the United States. Instead, he is confronted with two seething issues: how to reveal to his sick and troubled mother the situation in which he finds his elder brother, the successor of Mbe Tanju-Ngong's household, who travelled to the United States many years before and had never returned and the dispute over Fuo Beyano's funeral which is tearing the land apart, whether the deceased village chief, should be given a Christian burial or he should, according to the age-old tradition of Lewoh people, go through a ritual to enable him return and continue ruling his people.

Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033631768

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Concepts of God in Africa by John S. Mbiti Pdf

Author : Sednak Yankson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1915-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0977026124

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God in Africa by Sednak Yankson Pdf

God In Africa demonstrates the Various African Stories shared in common with the Bible. It is the stories of the interaction between Africa and the God and the people of the Bible.

Author : Malcolm J. McVeigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035878805

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God in Africa by Malcolm J. McVeigh Pdf

Combines clarity and simplicity of style with intuitive and scholarly depth, bringing the Christian and African concepts of God into focus.

Author : Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199790586

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African Religions by Jacob K. Olupona Pdf

This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.

Author : Leonard Thomas Nyirongo
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1719879265

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The Gods of Africa Or the God of the Bible?: The Snares of African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective by Leonard Thomas Nyirongo Pdf

Our problem on the African continent at the moment is the following: Western people in general and Christian missionaries in particular, were mostly uncritical about their own (European) culture and over-critical about African culture. In reaction, African Christians in general and theologians in particular are today, on the one hand, very critical about the Western type of Christianity which has been transplanted to the continent, but, on the other hand, not critical enough about their own African culture and traditional religion. Many African theologians, for instance, claim that before the Gospel came to our continent, Africans already correctly worshiped the true God. They say that the Gospel was not the beginning of the true knowledge of God, but merely a continuation or fulfillment of true faith that already existed in the pre-Christian African's heart. Some even go so far as to suggest that the African's method of approaching God is as valid as the way of salvation through the Gospel. Such ideas are emphatically denied in this book. The whole book is more than an attempt to present African indigenous beliefs in a systematic manner, comparing it with Biblical teaching. It is not only against Western secularism, but also strongly opposed to the very strong syncretistic tendency in African church life and in African theology. It convincingly argues that the idea of adaptation should be replaced by the idea of transformation in the light of God's Word. We cannot have a peaceful accommodation but only a powerful confrontation between traditional African religion and real Biblical Christian faith. This clash of irreconcilable spiritual powers becomes clear on every page - a struggle between life and death, a struggle for control of the hearts and minds of the African people. The writer pleads with his fellow African to make a definite choice (either the Gospel or traditional beliefs) and not to opt for a

Author : Donald H. Akenson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 080142755X

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God's Peoples by Donald H. Akenson Pdf

Akenson brings to light critical similarities among three politically troubled nations: South Africa, Israel, and Northern Ireland.

Author : Ejike Aneke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000066126875

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Africa Blames God by Ejike Aneke Pdf

Author : Gerrie ter Haar
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812241730

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How God Became African by Gerrie ter Haar Pdf

While African Christianity has wholeheartedly appropriated the symbols, scriptures, and traditions of historic Christianity elsewhere, it has also built on the rich history of the continent's indigenous spiritual beliefs.

Author : Sednak Kojo Duffu Asare Yankson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0977026108

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Africa's Roots in God by Sednak Kojo Duffu Asare Yankson Pdf

Author : Yusufu Turaki
Publisher : Potchefstroomse Universiteit Vir Christelike Hoeer Onderwys
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073290822

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Christianity and African Gods by Yusufu Turaki Pdf

Author : Malcolm McVeigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0828300038

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God in Africa by Malcolm McVeigh Pdf

Author : Emefie Ikenga Metuh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : IND:30000068552425

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God and Man in African Religion by Emefie Ikenga Metuh Pdf

Author : Essien, Essien D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781799845966

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Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality by Essien, Essien D. Pdf

There is an interesting knowledge trajectory that God remains incomprehensible, not imperceptible. This lends credence to the fact that religious study since the Enlightenment has dedicated itself almost entirely to the problem of reconciling the non-existence of God in the physical world with his necessary existence in the metaphysical world. When seriously examined, it would be discovered that these two aspects are logically contradictory, and this is a problem with no solution. But interpreting God not as a physical being but as a phenomenological thing changes the nature of the problem enough that a solution emerges almost automatically. In this phenomenological model, the crux of the matter is that God does not exist, but God is real. Therefore, it is imperative to return to experience and verifiability, hence, purging it of unexamined and often hidden assumptions. Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality brings together the different disciplines and research approaches to provide a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenology of God and spirituality, as well as offering an effective epistemological apparatus capable of dealing with this concept. The book employs multidisciplinary approaches from religious studies, theology, philosophy, anthropology, and other segments to dissect the subject matter for efficient evaluation and all-inclusive findings. While covering various aspects of religion such as the testaments of the Bible, the church, the religious experience, and various aspects of spirituality, this book is intended for theologians, philosophers, religious leaders, policymakers, academicians, researchers, students, public institutions, and agencies with a special interest in religious matters, values, knowledge, and truth.