Kimbanguism: an African understanding of the bible
From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by appropriating the parame...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Signifying (on) scriptures
vol. 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Democratic Republic
/ Kimbanguistenkirche
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| Further subjects: | B
Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu
B Christianity (Africa) B Nativistic movements (Congo (Democratic Republic)) B Bible Black interpretations B Kimbangu, Simon (1887-1951) |
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| Summary: | From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by appropriating the parameters of Christian identity. The prophet Simon Kimbangu, the founder of the movement, has inspired 17 million followers with Pan-African messages of political and spiritual liberation. The Spurned Race is the first comprehensive study of Kimbanguism since the pioneering books of the 1980s. The son of a Kimbanguist pastor, Gampiot uses his inside resources to offer new sociological and theological analyses of the church’s interpretation of and signification on the Christian bible. The Spurned Race provides a unique and important look at the independent nature of early African Christian prophetic movements Europe in Africa -- African responses : the birth of African Christianities -- Kimbanguism as a social movement -- The three sources of Kimbanguist theology -- The identity of Simon Kimbangu in the contemporary Kimbanguist faith -- Miraculous healing and worship -- Kimbanguist prophetism, messianism, and millenarianism -- A theology of identity reconstruction in a global context -- Reclaiming Kimbangu's prophetic heritage |
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| ISBN: | 0271079703 |