A Missing Link: African Christian Resonances in the Rise of Indian Muslim and Hindu Missions
This essay explores how West Africa became a landscape of religious exchange, creativity and synthesis connecting Africa and South Asia. It follows the lead of Afe Adogame and Jim Spickard, who argue that ‘Africa is not merely a passive recipient of global pressures. It is also a site of religious c...
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2022
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-187 |
IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
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B Africa—India relations B Hinduism B Ahmadiyya B Missions B Christianity B Indigenous African religions |
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