Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Missionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015013358307
Studia Missionalia Upsaliensia
Anonim
Studia Missionalia Upsaliensia
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European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
Ulrich Berner,Christoph Bochinger
Author : Ulrich Berner,Christoph Bochinger
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 3447050020
European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa by Ulrich Berner,Christoph Bochinger Pdf
This volume comprises case studies of five centuries of European encounters with and imaginations of Africa encompassing her triple religious heritage: African Traditional Religions, Christianity and Islam. The introductory chapters outline the challenges and present overviews; some of them also analyze the early accounts of European travelers and missionaries. The following contributions examine the lasting legacy of the European Enlightenment in employing an ambivalent language of human equality and universalism, while in actual fact consigning Africa to an inferior position. It has been difficult for western scholars to divorce themselves wholly from the perceptions thus established. However, there have been quite different approaches. This is indicated in the papers discussing the role and impact of influential European academics (scholars of religion, theologians, historians and social scientists) during the colonial and postcolonial period. Other contributions examine specific institutional centers of African religious studies in Europe. The concluding chapters critically assess European approaches and their use for the study of religion in Africa from an African perspective.
Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library (Evanston, Illinois) and Africana in Selected Libraries
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Author : Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015065473160
Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library (Evanston, Illinois) and Africana in Selected Libraries by Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Pdf
Missions and Unity
Norman E. Thomas
Author : Norman E. Thomas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608996025
Missions and Unity by Norman E. Thomas Pdf
This study is the first comprehensive history of the impact of the modern missionary movement on the understanding of and work toward Christian unity. It tells stories from all branches of the church: Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant in its many types (conciliar, evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent). Part 1, "Historical," highlights the contribution of modern missions to Christian unity, from William Carey and his antecedents and peers to present-day missions. Part 2, "Ten Models of Unity," takes an inductive approach to history, asking not "how should Christians cooperate?" but "how has the missionary movement helped Christians to work together at the local, national, regional, and global level?" Part 3, "Wider Ecumenism," broadens the evidence to include how the missions movement has helped not only institutional churches but also broader society to have concern for the unity of the entire human family. Included here is the story of how the Protestant missionary movement influenced the forming of the United Nations as well as the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The study also covers the movement's impact on Christian attitudes toward, and relations with, persons of other faiths. Mission and Unity is the standard reference work in the field for persons studying modern history, modern church history, missions, and ecumenics.
The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia
John Binns
Author : John Binns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786730374
The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia by John Binns Pdf
Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world. Indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the human race began. It is also home to an ancient church with a remarkable legacy. The Ethiopian Church forms the southern branch of historic Christianity. It is the only pre-colonial church in sub-Saharan Africa, originating in one of the earliest Christian kingdoms-with its king Ezana (supposedly descended from the biblical Solomon) converting around 340 CE. Since then it has maintained its long Christian witness in a region dominated by Islam; today it has a membership of around forty million and is rapidly growing. Yet despite its importance, there has been no comprehensive study available in English of its theology and history. This is a large gap which this authoritative and engagingly written book seeks to fill. The Church of Ethiopia (or formally, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) has a recognized place in worldwide Christianity as one of five non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches.As Dr Binns shows, it has developed a distinctive approach which makes it different from all other churches. His book explains why this happened and how these special features have shaped the life of the Christian people of Ethiopia. He discusses the famous rock-hewn churches; the Ark of the Covenant (claimed by the Church and housed in Aksum); the medieval monastic tradition; relations with the Coptic Church; co-existence with Islam; missionary activity; and the Church's venerable oral traditions, especially the discipline of qene-a kind of theological reflection couched in a unique style of improvised allegorical poetry. There is also a sustained exploration of how the Church has been forced to re-think its identity and mission as a result of political changes and upheaval following the overthrow of Haile Selassie (who ruled as Regent, 1916-1930, and then as Emperor, 1930-74) and beyond.
Overcomers
Kay Bascom
Author : Kay Bascom
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532663062
Overcomers by Kay Bascom Pdf
Overcomers bears witness in a time of discrimination and persecution to how God delivers His people. Both from leaders under severe pressure and from ordinary believers caught in the vortex of Marxist re-education and cultural upheaval, these testimonies primarily from the Kale Heywet Church community recount experiences during the Ethiopian Revolution (1974–1991).
A History of the Church in Africa
Bengt Sundkler,Christopher Steed
Author : Bengt Sundkler,Christopher Steed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 052158342X
A History of the Church in Africa by Bengt Sundkler,Christopher Steed Pdf
Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.
Bibliographia Aethiopica II
Hans Wilhelm Lockot
Author : Hans Wilhelm Lockot
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Africa, Northeast
ISBN : 3447036117
Bibliographia Aethiopica II by Hans Wilhelm Lockot Pdf
Erstmals wird hier die Fulle der englischsprachigen Athiopienliteratur geordnet dargeboten. In 100 Sections fuhrt der Autor alle fur die wissenschaftliche Beschaftigung mit Athiopien wichtigen Buch- und Zeitschriftenbeitrage zum Beispiel zur "Historyof Research", "Archaeology", "Religion", aber auch Fragen der "Sociology", "Agriculture", "Zoology" und "Medical Sciences" auf. Wie im Falle der deutschsprachigen Literatur ("Bibliographia Aethiopica: Die athiopienkundliche Literatur des deutschsprachigenRaumes" = Aethiopistische Forschungen 9 [1982]) berucksichtigt der Autor auch alle ihm zuganglichen Besprechungen, womit bei einer Aufnahme von mehr als 24.000 Titeln eine Art "Bibliographic Enzyclopedia" entstanden ist.
Trinity and Religious Pluralism
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Author : Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351877510
Trinity and Religious Pluralism by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Pdf
The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most distinguishing marks of Christian faith. This is the first book to present an overview of the role of the Trinity in Christian theology in relation to religious pluralism and other religions. Approaching the study of the relationship between Christianity and other religions from the perspective of the Trinity, this book surveys all the major contributions to the topic by leading theologians at the international and ecumenical level. Veli-Matti Karkkainen points to future challenges and areas in need of development, examining in detail a case study exploring how the Catholic Church has responded to Islam from the perspective of the Trinity. Students of theology and religious studies will find this an invaluable text for courses that discuss religious pluralism and Christianity's relation to other religions. Pastors, other Christian workers, and academics will also find it a handy reference tool for teaching and further study.
Black Christians and White Missionaries
Richard Gray
Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300102135
Black Christians and White Missionaries by Richard Gray Pdf
In this book, one of the world's leading scholars on the history of religion in Africa shows how Christianity has been transformed as it has been adopted by black Africans, from the introduction of Christianity in the seventeenth century to the present. Richard Gray finds that Africans have not meekly accepted monolithic Western practices and interpretations but have appropriated Christian faith for specific needs and added to it insights of their own. "Gray's theological conclusions are fascinating, and the book forms a useful contribution to the study of missions in Africa."-Eugeniah Adoyo, Theological Book Review "Gray's most significant contribution is his essay that compares differing concepts of evil in the cosmologies of Christianity and traditional African religions. This compact, well-written volume has extensive footnotes. It is recommended for specialists, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates."-Choice "A thoughtful and informative book, well worth reading."-Joseph C. McKenna, Theological Studies "Concrete and detailed cases support Gray's lucid account of this transformation in Africa."-Wyatt MacGaffey, American Historical Review "The work of a master historian and demonstrates archival detective work and scholarly analysis at its finest. Anyone interested in the introduction and development of Christianity in Africa will find this book particularly valuable."-Roger B. Beck, History: Reviews of New Books "Christianity in Africa has too often been written about by those who recognize only its sociological consequences. Gray . . . writes . . . with insights that are not found often enough in studies of black Christians and white (and black) missionaries in Africa, and this is welcome."-M. Louise Pirouet, International Journal of the African Historical Society
Institutions of the Emerging Church
Sven-Olav Back,Erkki Koskenniemi
Author : Sven-Olav Back,Erkki Koskenniemi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567666444
Institutions of the Emerging Church by Sven-Olav Back,Erkki Koskenniemi Pdf
The contributors to this volume address the key institutions of the first and second Church, considering the development of rituals and sacraments, and the development of Church leadership, and of the Church itself. The first part of the book looks at the offices of the Church - the Apostolate and the development of other religious authorities - as well as the notion of Apostolic Tradition. The second part looks at the sacraments, with in-depth consideration of the Eucharist, and of Baptismal texts from the early Church. The essays are of interest to scholars researching the development of the early Church and of Church rituals and practices.
Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ
Edley J. Moodley PhD
Author : Edley J. Moodley PhD
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630879969
Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ by Edley J. Moodley PhD Pdf
The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts. In the case of Africa, the African Initiated Churches-founded by Africans and primarily for Africans-has largely contributed to the exponential growth and proliferation of the Christian faith in the continent. Yet, even more profoundly, these churches espouse a brand of Christianity that is indigenized and thoroughly contextual. Further, the power and popularity of the AICs, beyond the unprecedented numbers joining these churches, are attributed to their relevance to the existential everyday needs and concerns of their adherents in the context of a postcolonial Africa. At the heart of Christian theology is Christology-the confessed uniqueness of Christ in history and among world religions. Yet this key feature of Christianity, as with other important elements of the Christian faith, may be variously understood and re-interpreted in these indigenous churches. The focus of this study is the amaNazaretha Church, an influential religious group founded by the African charismatic prophet Isaiah Shembe in 1911 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The movement today claims a following of some two million adherents and has proliferated beyond the borders of South Africa to neighboring countries in Southern Africa. The book addresses the complex and at times ambivalent understanding of the person and work of Christ in the amaNazaretha Church, presenting the genesis, history, beliefs, and practices of this significant religious movement in South Africa, with broader implications for similar movements across the continent of Africa and beyond.
Gods and Arms
Kjell-Åke Nordquist
Author : Kjell-Åke Nordquist
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498271110
Gods and Arms by Kjell-Åke Nordquist Pdf
This book brings together a variety of perspectives on how religion can be related to violence and war--both in a destructive and constructive way. Religion can justify and mobilize violence--even terrorism or guerilla wars--just like political ideology. But how is such a link between religion and violent behavior established in the first place? How can we go further in understanding this possible connection between religion and war? Is religious peace work just the flip side of religious support of war? Or can peace work be informed by knowing about how religion promotes violence and war? In the search for answers to the puzzle of religion and war, it is easy to focus on conflict and war situations, but maybe there is as much to learn from peace work as from war studies? Therefore, this book also analyses religious peace work from different contexts. The multifaceted presence of religion in conflict situations--whether justifying violence or promoting peace--is illustrated in this book using a variety of situations, in an enlightening panorama of one of today's must puzzling social connections: religion and armed conflict. Contributors: R. Scott Appleby, Goran Gunner, Mariyahl Hoole, Mark Juergensmeyer, Anne Kubai, Kjell-Ake Nordquist, Jehan Perera, Jennifer Schirmer, Nari Senanayake, and Maria Smaberg.
Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930
Kristin Fjelde Tjelle
Author : Kristin Fjelde Tjelle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137336361
Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930 by Kristin Fjelde Tjelle Pdf
What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions.
Christians in Asia before 1500
Ian Gilman,Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
Author : Ian Gilman,Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136109782
Christians in Asia before 1500 by Ian Gilman,Hans-Joachim Klimkeit Pdf
The history of Christianity in Asia is little dealt with either by Church historians or by historians of religion. It is generally unknown, even amongst theologians, that there was a long history of Christianity in Persia, India, Central Asia and China before the appearance on the scene of the first missionaries from the West. A systematic history of the Christian Church in Asia before 1500 is needed. Drawing on material hitherto unknown in the English speaking world, this is a timely and important book because there is a heightened interest today in the early forms of Asian Christianity. The Church in Asia today seeks to find forms of religious expression that are in harmony with Asian culture as was the case in the earlier period. The book covers the period up to 1500 CE. The geographical areas dealt with are Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Central and South East Asia, China and Japan. The book takes into account the outward development of the Church in these areas as well as the inner, theological issues.
