The Place of Christianity in the Critical Debates of Africana Religious Studies
The massive accession to Christian faith in postcolonial Africa is leading to the ongoing creation of distinctively African forms of Christian thought and practice that differ in significant ways from those of the West—a trend anticipated by developments in Black American Christianity. Africana reli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2021]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-117 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Christianity
/ Indygenat
/ Science of Religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion CA Christianity CF Christianity and Science CH Christianity and Society KBL Near East and North Africa KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
African Christianity
B critical debates |
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| Summary: | The massive accession to Christian faith in postcolonial Africa is leading to the ongoing creation of distinctively African forms of Christian thought and practice that differ in significant ways from those of the West—a trend anticipated by developments in Black American Christianity. Africana religious studies has been imagined as a field that would "generate credible scholarship on indigenous African religious traditions," yet the rise of African Christianity raises questions about what constitutes indigeneity. If the Ethiopian church represents "Africa indigenously Christian," do these more recent developments suggest Christianity indigenously African? Can Christianity be considered indigenously African? Is there a need for Africana religious scholarship to reassess the widespread notion of Christianity as a cultural product of the West and an imposition alien to Africana peoples? If so, what does the rise of African Christianity indicate about both the nature and structure of Christianity, understood as an Africana religion? |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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