African Initiative and Inspiration in the East African Revival / / Daewon Moon.

• Superior document: Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 24
• VerfasserIn: Moon, Daewon,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)

The active agents in the multiethnic, multicultural East African Revival are African leaders who forge a new, distinctly African Christian spirituality that precipitates the moral and spiritual transformation of countless individuals throughout the region.

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Historiography of the East African Revival
• 2 African Christianity as Africa’s Story
• 3 World Christianity as an Embracing Discourse
• 4 Sources and Structures
• 1 The Ruanda Mission: The Seedbed for the Revival
• 1 The Origin and Characteristics of the Ruanda Mission
• 2 Religious Change and Seeds of the Revival in Kigezi
• 3 Conclusion
• 2 The Balokole Revival and African Conversion
• 1 The Nature of Revivalism
• 2 Different Views on the Origin of the Revival
• 3 The Revival as a Conversionist Movement
• 4 Conclusion
• 3 The Balokole Revival and African Christian Spirituality
• 1 The Shaping of Balokole Spirituality
• 2 The Deepening of Balokole Spirituality
• 3 Conclusion
• 4 Revivalist Piety and Modern Education
• 1 Revivalist Ideals and the Vision of African Teachers
• 2 The Educational Enterprise of the Ruanda Mission
• 3 Tension between Revivalist Eschatology and Modern Influence
• 4 Conclusion
• 5 Revival, Controversy, and the Threat of Schism
• 1 Revival Controversies
• 2 Revival and Churchmanship
• 3 Conclusion
• Conclusion: Brotherhood Beyond Boundaries
• Glossary
• Bibliography.