The blessing of Africa: the Bible and African Christianity
These days, Africa is known more for its catastrophes and charities than as a center of early Christianity and a place of legendary kingdoms. Africa has been raped by foreign invasion, beaten by internal wars, and pillaged for its people, its stones, and its land. Desperate eyes wide with want and i...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Downers Grove, Ill.
IVP Academic
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Bible
B Africa / Christianity / History B Hermeneutics / Bible / African Theology B Old Testament / Africa B Africa / Christianity / Islam / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Blacks in the Bible
B Africa Church history B Bible History B Bible Black interpretations B Afrocentrism Religious aspects Christianity B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | These days, Africa is known more for its catastrophes and charities than as a center of early Christianity and a place of legendary kingdoms. Africa has been raped by foreign invasion, beaten by internal wars, and pillaged for its people, its stones, and its land. Desperate eyes wide with want and inflamed by disease have recently nudged the rock and entertainment worlds to answer the whys and hows with what ifs. And that is a gospel response to any suffering. as the temporal hangs on the shreds of the eternal peace to come. Yet, the story of Africa cannot be dismissed or stored away because of contemporary circumstances. It is a history tightly woven into the whole of civilization, from the dawn of cities and technologies to the high noon of religion. And, it is a history, if known in more ready fashion, that seeks to erode any scraps of indifference and bigotry that we might harbor. For, remember that it was a continent wider than the arms of its present footprint and holding testimony not only to Christianity's growth but also the onset of Muhammad. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0830827625 |