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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Main Author: Shankar, Shobana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press 2022
In: 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
Further subjects:B Islam
B Africa—India relations
B Hinduism
B Ahmadiyya
B Missions
B Christianity
B Indigenous African religions
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