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Book Synopsis Christianity in South Africa by : Richard Elphick
Download or read book Christianity in South Africa written by Richard Elphick and published by James Currey. This book was released on 1997 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost three-quarters of South Africans in the late-1990s call themselves Christians. From colonial times, when missionaries embroiled themselves in frontier conflicts, until recently, when both defenders and opponents of apartheid draw heavily upon Christian doctrine and ritual, Christian impulses have shaped South Africa.
Book Synopsis Great South African Christians by : Horton Davies
Download or read book Great South African Christians written by Horton Davies and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Christianity in South Africa by : Richard Elphick
Download or read book Christianity in South Africa written by Richard Elphick and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At a strategic time in South Africa's history, the Christian history which is absolutely basic to all developments, is presented in a comprehensive and objective way. Too little attention is given to the influence of religion in socio-political accounts. This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary
Book Synopsis Making African Christianity by : Robert J. Houle
Download or read book Making African Christianity written by Robert J. Houle and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making African Christianity argues that Africans successfully naturalized Christianity. It examines the long history of the faith among colonial Zulu Christians (known as amaKholwa) in what would become South Africa. As it has become clear that Africans are not discarding Christianity, a number of scholars have taken up the challenge of understanding why this is the case and how we got to this point. While functionalist arguments have their place, this book argues that we need to understand what is imbedded within the faith that many find so appealing. Houle argues that other aspects of the faith also needed to be 'translated,'particularly the theology of Christianity. For Zulu, the religion would never be a good fit unless converts could fill critical gaps such as how Christianity could account for the active and everyday presence of the amadhlozi ancestral spirits - a problem that was true for African converts across the continent in slightly different ways. Accomplishing this translation took years and a number of false-starts. Coming to this understanding is one of the particularly important contributions of this work, for like Benedict Anderson's 'Imagined Communities,' the early African Christian communities were entirely constructed ones. Here was a group struggling to understand what it meant to be both African and Christian. For much of their history this dual identity was difficult to reconcile, but through constant struggle to do so they transformed both themselves and their adopted faith. This manuscript goes far in filling a critical gap in how we have gotten to this point and will be welcomed by African historians, those interested in the history of colonialism, missions, southern African, and in particular Christianity.
Book Synopsis Race, Class and Christianity in South Africa by : Ibrahim Abraham
Download or read book Race, Class and Christianity in South Africa written by Ibrahim Abraham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Day Zero in Cape Town -- Christianity and the middle class in South Africa -- Middle-class morality and Christianity in South Africa -- Spiritual and class insecurity in South Africa -- Middle-class moral insecurity in South Africa -- Race, class, and habitus in South African churches -- Anomie and vocation in South African Christian ministry -- Musicking, unity, and sincerity in South African churches -- Conclusion: Covid-19 in Cape Town.
Book Synopsis South African Christian Experiences by : Kelebogile Thomas Resane
Download or read book South African Christian Experiences written by Kelebogile Thomas Resane and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the studies in this publication excavate lost or disappearing indigenous toponyms. Those researchers contribute in a very concrete way to the preservation of indigenous toponyms, and thereby also the associated cultural heritage. The other papers explore how place naming functions as a mechanism with which to create mental maps and exert socio-political power.
Book Synopsis Christianity in South Africa by : Martin Prozesky
Download or read book Christianity in South Africa written by Martin Prozesky and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of the Church in South Africa by : Kevin Roy
Download or read book The Story of the Church in South Africa written by Kevin Roy and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Calvinist to Catholic, from Charismatic to AmaZioni, the Rainbow Nation has one of the most colourful, variegated, and bewildering array of Christian churches in the world. Where on earth did they all come from? How did they develop? What do they believe? How are they related to one another? In this clear and readable history of Christianity in South Africa, Kevin Roy answers these questions with comprehensive, succinct and rigorous historical analysis with sympathy and honesty. Dr Roy does not shy away from the failures and sins of the participants in this story that intertwines with the history of the peoples and tribes in South Africa. This book is a testimony of divine love and patience in the midst of human folly and frailty, of successes and faithful service to God.
Book Synopsis The Church Struggle in South Africa by : John W. de Gruchy
Download or read book The Church Struggle in South Africa written by John W. de Gruchy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2000-10-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John W. de Gruchy entangles the complex story of the South African church, reviewing its history of past divisions. present positions on social issues and reflecting on the church's significance for the future.
Book Synopsis How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind by : Thomas C. Oden
Download or read book How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind written by Thomas C. Oden and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas C. Oden surveys the decisive role of African Christians and theologians in shaping the doctrines and practices of the church of the first five centuries, and makes an impassioned plea for the rediscovery of that heritage. Christians throughout the world will benefit from this reclaiming of an important heritage.
Book Synopsis Christian Mission in South Africa by : Willem A. Saayman
Download or read book Christian Mission in South Africa written by Willem A. Saayman and published by Unisa Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book undertakes a redefinition of mission for our time and our situation in South Africa. The author does this by reviewing the missionary contribution of some black and white pioneers, as well as the missiological impact of important documents such as the Kairos Document. It opens attractive and challenging new avenues towards a vibrant new way of understanding massion. In the process the book evokes new enthusiasm for mission as a matter of life and death for the Christian church in South Africa.
Book Synopsis African Pilgrimage by : Retief Müller
Download or read book African Pilgrimage written by Retief Müller and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.
Book Synopsis Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church by : Joel Cabrita
Download or read book Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church written by Joel Cabrita and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of one of the largest and most influential African churches in South Africa.
Book Synopsis African Pilgrimage by : Retief Müller
Download or read book African Pilgrimage written by Retief Müller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the bottom end of the social ladder to make sense of their world. This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage plays an important role in reintegrating some of those fragmented worlds into something approaching wholeness. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.
Book Synopsis A History of Christianity in Africa by : Elizabeth Isichei
Download or read book A History of Christianity in Africa written by Elizabeth Isichei and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isichei's thorough study surveys the full breadth of Christianity in Africa, from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the churches of the Middle Years (1500-1800) to the prolific success of missions throughout the 1900s. This important book fills a conspicuous void of scholarly works on Africa's Christian history. Includes 26 maps.
Book Synopsis Missions and Christianity in South African History by : H. C. Bredekamp
Download or read book Missions and Christianity in South African History written by H. C. Bredekamp and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work reassesses the role of the missions in South Africa and provides contrasting overviews of the ways in which missions have been, and should be, treated in South African historiography. It discusses the relation between religion, politics and gender issues.
Book Synopsis Christianity in Roman Africa by : J. Patout Burns
Download or read book Christianity in Roman Africa written by J. Patout Burns and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa -- contemporary Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco -- from the second century through the Arab conquest in the seventh century. Robin Jensen and Patout Burns, in collaboration with Graeme W. Clarke, Susan T. Stevens, William Tabbernee, and Maureen A. Tilley, skillfully reconstruct the rituals and practices of Christians in the ancient buildings and spaces where those practices were performed. Numerous site drawings and color photographs of the archeological remains illuminate the discussions. This work provides valuable new insights into the church fathers Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine. Most significantly, it offers a rich, unprecedented look at early Christian life in Roman Africa, including the development of key rituals and practices such as baptism and eucharist, the election and ordination of leaders, marriage, and burial. In exploring these, Christianity in Roman Africa shows how the early African Christians consistently fought to preserve the holiness of the church amid change and challenge.
