West African Christianity Black History

West African Christianity Black HistoryIn this fascinating re evaluation of Christian History West African Christianity concentrates on the role of Africans as the principal agents of, and the significance of African materials in, the spread of Christianity from its earliest centuries. When examining Christianity in Africa other studies focus mainly on the organization of the missionary effort in Europe and America, seeing the rise of African Christianity as a direct consequence of

kinship and family structure

and reconciliation

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and Hindu traditions

and Christianity’s ethnocentrism when faced with basic issues of African life

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including Ecclesiogenesis

he is author of The Experience and Language of Grace

from 1000 to 1500

Mercy Amba Oduyoye illustrates how myths

and (co-edited with Cathy Ross) Mission in the 21st Century: Exploring the Five Marks of Global Mission (all from Orbis Books)