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

By: Ba�eta, C. GMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 1968Copyright date: {copy}1968Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (466 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351042819Subject(s): Christianity-Africa, Sub-SaharanGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity in Tropical AfricaDDC classification: 276.7 LOC classification: BR1430 .C475 2018Online resources: Click to View
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 COTI�ERES 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 �A LA TH�EOLOGIE -- 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 CHRISTIANIS�ES 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.
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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 COTI�ERES 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 �A LA TH�EOLOGIE -- 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 CHRISTIANIS�ES 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.

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