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A history of the church in Africa [electronic resource] / Bengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: EBSCO eBook collectionPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 1232 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 1423762606 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781423762607 (electronic bk.)
  • 0511054033
  • 9780511054037
  • 0511116667 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780511116667 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780521583428 (hbk.)
  • 052158342X (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of the church in Africa.LOC classification:
  • BR1360 .S86 2000eb
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION BENGT SUNDKLER; 1 THE BEGINNINGS; 2 MARITIME CONNECTIONS; 3 OVERVIEW TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 4 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 5 WESTERN AFRICA; 6 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 7 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 8 SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN; 9 EAST AFRICA; 10 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 11 CONTINENTAL PANORAMAS; 12 LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; 13 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 14 WEST AFRICA; 15 CENTRAL AFRICA; 16 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 17 EASTERN AFRICA; 18 INTRODUCTION TO INDEPENDENT AFRICA.
Summary: This long-awaited book will become the standard reference on the African Christian churches. The late Bengt Sundkler, who pioneered the study of independent churches in Africa, reviews the entire history of the development of Christianity throughout Africa placing the African converts at the centre of the study.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 1099-1147) and indexes.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION BENGT SUNDKLER; 1 THE BEGINNINGS; 2 MARITIME CONNECTIONS; 3 OVERVIEW TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 4 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 5 WESTERN AFRICA; 6 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 7 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 8 SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN; 9 EAST AFRICA; 10 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 11 CONTINENTAL PANORAMAS; 12 LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; 13 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 14 WEST AFRICA; 15 CENTRAL AFRICA; 16 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 17 EASTERN AFRICA; 18 INTRODUCTION TO INDEPENDENT AFRICA.

This long-awaited book will become the standard reference on the African Christian churches. The late Bengt Sundkler, who pioneered the study of independent churches in Africa, reviews the entire history of the development of Christianity throughout Africa placing the African converts at the centre of the study.

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