The Presbyterian Church of East Africa
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa

Author: Evanson N. Wamagatta

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781433105968

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With over four million members, the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) is one of the major denominations in Kenya. It was established in 1946 after the Gospel Missionary Society (GMS) from the United States of America and the Church of Scotland Mission (CSM) from Scotland merged. The two missionary societies had been working independently in central Kenya since 1898. Consequently the GMS became the only mission in Kenya that failed to leave behind its own functioning self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting church with links to its American mother church. The Presbyterian Church of East Africa is, therefore, a study of the missionary work of the GMS from its inception in 1895 to 1946 when it merged with the CSM in order to establish why the mission gave up the struggle to establish its own church when victory seemed imminent. The book also uses the GMS as a case study to analyze not only how Christian missions in colonial Africa struggled to win souls for Jesus Christ, but also some of the major problems that they encountered and how they tried to solve them.

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 7
The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 7

Author: Hughes Oliphant Old

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2010-02-22

Total Pages: 735

ISBN-13: 0802817718

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The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that canvasses the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. In Volume 1, The Biblical Period, Old begins his survey by discussing the roots of the Christian ministry of the Word in the worship of Israel. He then examines the preaching of Christ and the Apostles. Finally, Old looks at the development and practice of Christian preaching in the second and third centuries, concluding with the ministry of Origen.

Butinage
Butinage

Author: Yonatan N. Gez

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1487538995

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Based on comparative ethnographic research in four countries and three continents, Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility explores the notion of "religious butinage" as a conceptual framework intended to shed light on the dynamics of everyday religious practice. Derived from the French word butiner, which refers to the foraging activity of bees and other pollinating insects, this term is employed by the authors metaphorically to refer to the "to-ing and fro-ing" of believers between religious institutions. Focused on urban, predominantly Christian settings in Brazil, Kenya, Ghana, and Switzerland, Butinage examines commonalities and differences across the four case studies and identifies religious mobility as existing at the meeting points of religious-institutional rules and narratives, social norms, and individual agency and practice. Drawing on anglophone, francophone, and lusophone academic traditions, Butinage is dedicated to a dialogue between ethnographic findings and theoretical ideas, and explores how we may rethink common conceptions of religious normativity.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1974-75
The Statesman's Year-Book 1974-75

Author: J. Paxton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-23

Total Pages: 1571

ISBN-13: 0230271030

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Understanding World Christianity
Understanding World Christianity

Author: Paul Kollman

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2018-09-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1506451470

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Each volume of the Understanding World Christianity series analyzes the state of Christianity from six different angles. The focus is always Christianity, but it is approached in an interdisciplinary manner--chronological, denominational, sociopolitical, geographical, biographical, and theological. Short, engaging chapters help readers understand the complexity of Christianity in the region and broaden their understanding of the region itself. Readers will understand the interplay of Christianity and culture and will see how geography, borders, economics, and other factors influence Christian faith. In this exciting volume, Paul Kollman and Cynthia Toms Smedley offer an introduction to Eastern African Christianity that has been desperately needed by scholars, students, and interested readers alike. Rich in experience and knowledge, Kollman and Toms Smedley introduce readers to the vibrancy of Eastern African Christianity like no other authors have done before.

The African Christian Diaspora
The African Christian Diaspora

Author: Afe Adogame

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-04-24

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1441112723

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The last three decades have witnessed a rapid proliferation of African Christian communities, particularly in Europe and North American diaspora, thus resulting in the remapping of old religious landscapes. This migratory trend and development bring to the fore the crucial role, functions and import of religious symbolic systems in new geo-cultural contexts. The trans-national linkages between African-led churches in the countries of origin (Africa) and the "host" societies are assuming increasing importance for African immigrants. The links and networks that are established and maintained between these contexts are of immense religious, cultural, economic, political and social importance. This suggests how African Christianities can be understood within processes of religious transnationalism and African modernity. Based on extensive religious ethnography undertaken by the author among African Christian communities in Europe, the USA and Africa in the last 17 years, this book maps and describes the incipience and consolidation of new brands of African Christianities in diaspora. The book demonstrates how African Christianities are negotiating and assimilating notions of the global while maintaining their local identities.

The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism
The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism

Author: Gary Scott Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 0190608390

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The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism provides a state of the art reference tool written by leading scholars in the fields of religious studies and history.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1973-74
The Statesman's Year-Book 1973-74

Author: J. Paxton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-28

Total Pages: 1585

ISBN-13: 0230271022

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Forgiveness, Peacemaking, and Reconciliation
Forgiveness, Peacemaking, and Reconciliation

Author: David K. Ngaruiya

Publisher: Langham Global Library

Published: 2020-12-31

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1839730994

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In this fifth volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, contributors explore forgiveness, peacemaking and reconciliation as necessary prerequisites for human flourishing. Ranging from biblical studies and church history to medical ethics and public theology, this collection offers a rich diversity of voices and perspectives as each author reflects on God’s heart for conflict alleviation within the contexts of their own communities, nations, histories, and academic disciplines. Taken together, these contributions offer profound insight into both the particularities and generalities of God’s transformative, healing work in the world, and how we, the church, are called to partner with that work – in Africa and beyond.