Religiosity In African Christian Churches

Author : C. Mutale
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956553271
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religiosity in African Christian Churches written by C. Mutale and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Tresphor Mutale critically examines contemporary African Christianity through the leadership from prophets, men of God, pastors, seers and more. The book looks at the rationality of apparently irrational religious expressions and experiences in the name of religion. It analyses the irrationalities using the spectacles of African Traditional Religions (ATR), especially with respect to the importance of rituals. From the vantage point of rituals, there is sense in nonsense, and some of the irrational religious expressions being experienced today become rational. The book raises the aspect of authority of ritual leadership in ATR and how this symbol holds authority in Christianity today and how it has power to influence believers. Mutale argues that African Christianity and how it is experienced today point to the deeper influence of African Traditional Religions. The book provokes many questions about the power of African symbolisms, their application in Christianity and how Christianity through the lenses of African Traditional Religions is able to relate and influence other areas of society like, economics, politics and sociality. The book draws on and enriches perspectives on religion and religiosity with the depth of Mutale's ability to bring into conversation anthropological, philosophical, sociological and theological approaches.

Author : Tresphor C Mutale
Publisher : Langaa RPCID
ISBN 13 : 9789956552429
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religiosity in African Christian Churches written by Tresphor C Mutale and published by Langaa RPCID. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Tresphor Mutale critically examines contemporary African Christianity through the leadership from prophets, men of God, pastors, seers and more. The book looks at the rationality of apparently irrational religious expressions and experiences in the name of religion. It analyses the irrationalities using the spectacles of African Traditional Religions (ATR), especially with respect to the importance of rituals. From the vantage point of rituals, there is sense in nonsense, and some of the irrational religious expressions being experienced today become rational. The book raises the aspect of authority of ritual leadership in ATR and how this symbol holds authority in Christianity today and how it has power to influence believers. Mutale argues that African Christianity and how it is experienced today point to the deeper influence of African Traditional Religions. The book provokes many questions about the power of African symbolisms, their application in Christianity and how Christianity through the lenses of African Traditional Religions is able to relate and influence other areas of society like, economics, politics and sociality. The book draws on and enriches perspectives on religion and religiosity with the depth of Mutale's ability to bring into conversation anthropological, philosophical, sociological and theological approaches.

Author : Lora Friedenthal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1422288927
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religions of Africa written by Lora Friedenthal and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While African religions are as diverse as the continent itself, most Africans can be placed in one of three groups: followers of traditional religions, Islam, or Christianity. Until the 20th century, religion was rarely a primary source of conflict. However, in recent years Muslim-Christian tensions have contributed to unrest in such nations as Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. This book is intended as an introduction to the practice of religion in Africa today. It provides a brief history of religious development in Africa, discusses the common religious practices in various regions of the continent, and explores the role of religion in current African conflicts.

Author : Elias Kifon Bongmba
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134505779
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa written by Elias Kifon Bongmba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa offers a multi-disciplinary analysis of the Christian tradition across the African continent and throughout a long historical span. The volume offers historical and thematic essays tracing the introduction of Christianity in Africa, as well as its growth, developments, and effects, including the lived experience of African Christians. Individual chapters address the themes of Christianity and gender, the development of African-initiated churches, the growth of Pentecostalism, and the influence of Christianity on issues of sexuality, music, and public health. This comprehensive volume will serve as a valuable overview and reference work for students and researchers worldwide.

Author : Magesa, Laurenti
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608332071
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of Inculturation written by Magesa, Laurenti and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his quest to identify practices that strengthen the faith of African Christians, Magesa examines the nature of being church today in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Author : Paul Gifford
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253212047
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Christianity written by Paul Gifford and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These detailed analyses of the state of the churches in each country suggest more general patterns operating widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : A. E. Orobator
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626982765
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Faith in Africa written by A. E. Orobator and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before his conversion to Christianity, A E Orobator was raised in the practice of traditional African religion - animism. This repository of African religion, he maintains - at its heart a deep belief in the livingness of creation - is the soil in which Christianity and Islam have taken root. Drawn from his "Duffy Lectures" delivered at Boston College, Orobator examines the living interplay between African religion, Christianity, and Islam in Africa, and argues that the religious experience and spiritual imagination of Africa offers a genius capable of renewing the global community of believers. Among these gifts: a deep conscience of transcendence in day-to-day living; reverence towards human and natural ecologies; and a holistic understanding of creation and shared responsibility of stewardship for the universe.

Author : Edward W. Fasholé-Luke
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity in Independent Africa written by Edward W. Fasholé-Luke and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurenti Magesa
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 364390018X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Religion in the Dialogue Debate written by Laurenti Magesa and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dialogue between African Religion and other world religions has, regrettably, been a much neglected area in formal religious discourse in Africa to date. Moreover, up to now, the imperative of dialogue in the process of evangelism figures only peripherally - if at all - in the study of African Christian Theology. This book is probably the first deliberate, extensive and well-argued attempt by an African theologian to fill this unfortunate lacuna. How can Christian and African spiritualities interact with and enrich each other on the basis of mutual respect, without - as has historically been the case - the one necessarily seeking to eradicate the other? This is the fundamental question of dialogue discussed in the pages of this book. Dr. Laurenti Magesa is Senior Lecturer in African Theology at the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies and the Jesuit School of Theology, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1496424719
Total Pages : 2162 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa Study Bible, NLT written by and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 2162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Africa Study Bible brings together 350 contributors from over 50 countries, providing a unique African perspective. It's an all-in-one course in biblical content, theology, history, and culture, with special attention to the African context. Each feature was planned by African leaders to help readers grow strong in Jesus Christ by providing understanding and instruction on how to live a good and righteous life--Publisher.