Christianity in Tropical Africa : : Studies Presented and Discussed at the Seventh International African Seminar, University of Ghana, April 1965.

• Author: Baëta, C. G.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 1968.; {copy}1968.
• Year of Publication: 1968
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (466 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW: FACTS AND PROBLEMS -- (a) The Need for Continuing Research -- (b) The Relations between the African Communities, Missions, Traders and the Colonial Administrations -- (c) Missionary Motivations, Policies, and Methods -- I. PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE PLANTING OF CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES RICHARD GRAY -- II. RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIONS, AND TRADERS IN THE GOLD COAST, 1828-74 -- III. MISSIONARY POLICIES AS SEEN IN THE WORK OF MISSIONS WITH THE EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GHANA -- IV. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS IN THE CONGO -- V. THE MISSIONARY STRUGGLE WITH COMPLEXITY -- PART TWO THE ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW: THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY WITH AFRICAN CONCEPTS AND WAY OF LIFE -- (a) THE 'WHY' AND 'HOW' OF CONVERSION -- (b) CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN CULTURE: SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENCOUNTER -- (c) A NOTE ON TYPES OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BY THE REV. F. B. WELBOURN -- (d) RESPONSES TO THE GOSPEL -- (e) AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION -- (f) COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL -- VI. CONVERTS AND MARTYRS IN BUGANDA -- VII. INFLUENCE DE LA CHRISTIANISATION SUR LES INSTITUTIONS TRADITIONNELLES DES ETHNIES COTIÈRES DU CAMEROUN1 -- VIII. SOME PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY: GUIL AND SHAME -- IX. CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE CONTEXT OF TROPICAL AFRICA: NIGERIAN REACTIONS TO ITS ADVENT -- X. ATTITUDES AND POLICIES OF TH E YORUBA AFRICAN CHURCHES TOWARDS POLYGAMY -- XI. ETHIOPIANISM: PAST AND PRESENT -- XII. CHURCH GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCY AS ORGANIC PHENOMENA: AN ANALYSIS OF TWO HUNDRED AFRICAN TRIBES1.

XIII. SOME TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY -- XIV. CHRISTIANISME ET CULTURE AFRICAINE: APPORT AFRICAIN À LA THÉOLOGIE -- XV. THE WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL -- PART THREETRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW -- (a) African Christianity and Modern Problems -- (b) Adjustment to New Tasks -- XVI. MARIAGE ET FAMILLE DANS LES GROUPES CHRISTIANISÉS OU EN VOIE DE CHRISTIANISATION DE DAKAR -- XVII. RELIGION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTION AMONG THE SERENJE-LALA OF ZAMBIA1 -- XVIII. THE PREDICAMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA -- INDEX.