Early Christianity in North Africa

Early Christianity in North Africa

Author: Francois Decret

Publisher: James Clarke & Company

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0227903080

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Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. Smither provides English readers a quality translation of an important book that captures the unique spirit of an invaluable chapter of church history. Along with the churches located in large Greek cities of the East, the church of Carthage was particularly significant in the early centuries of Christian history. Initially, the Carthaginian churchbecame known for its martyrs. Later, the North African church became further established and unified through the regular councils of its bishops. Finally, the church gained a reputation for its outstanding leaders - Tertullian of Carthage (c. 140-220), Cyprian of Carthage (195-258), and Augustine of Hippo (354-430) - African leaders who continued to be celebrated and remembered today.


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Publisher: Editions Saint-Augustin

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Total Pages: 324

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Christianity in Tropical Africa

Christianity in Tropical Africa

Author: C. G. Baëta

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1351042807

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Originally published in 1968 this volume discusses the issues and problems relevant to Christianity in Tropical Africa. It includes historical studies of the earlier Catholic and Protestant missions and their relationship with African communities, traders and colonial administrations; the social and psychological aspects of conversion and responses to the teaching of the gospel and the impact of Christian teaching on indigenous beliefs; the analysis of modern trends such as separatism.


Encyclopedia of Christian Theology

Encyclopedia of Christian Theology

Author: Jean-Yves Lacoste

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-27

Total Pages: 3974

ISBN-13: 1135456410

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The Encyclopedia of Christian Theology, translated from the French Dictionnaire Critique de Théologie 2nd Edition, features over 530 entries, contributed by 250 scholars from fifthteen different countries. Alphabetically arranged entries provide the reader a critical overview of the main theological questions and related topics, including concepts, events, councils, theologians, philosophers, movements, and more. Hailed as a "masterpiece of scholarship," this reference work will be of great interest and use for scholars, students of religion and theology as well as general readers.


Being Christian in Vandal Africa

Being Christian in Vandal Africa

Author: Robin Whelan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2024-05-10

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0520401433

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Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom, the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 c.e. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene (“Catholic”) and Homoian (“Arian”) Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests—sometimes violent—are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West.