Football as an instrument of evangelisation: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and the Church in Africa
The article shows how the Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, captures the use of sports, especially, football, as an instrument of evangelisation in her award-winning novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003). This is through the character, Father Amadi, a Catholic priest, as he plays football with the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Practical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 564-575 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church RH Evangelization; Christian media |
| Further subjects: | B
Evangelization
B Africa B Purple Hibiscus B Catholic Church B Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie B Football |
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| Summary: | The article shows how the Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, captures the use of sports, especially, football, as an instrument of evangelisation in her award-winning novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003). This is through the character, Father Amadi, a Catholic priest, as he plays football with the poor boys in and around the University chaplaincy where he works. The paper then examines the significance of Father Amadi’s particular brand of Football evangelisation to the contemporary Church in Africa, especially, the Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria in which Adichie grew up. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2175129 |