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

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