The Kingdom of God in Africa: A History of African Christianity
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
African Christianity is not an imported religion but rather one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world. In The Kingdom of God in Africa, Mark Shaw and Wanjiru M. Gitau trace the development and spread of African Christianity through its two-thousand year history, demonstrating how the African church has faithfully testified to the power and diversity of God’s kingdom. Both history students and casual readers will gain greater understanding of how key churches, figures and movements across the continent conceptualized the kingdom of God and manifested it through their actions. The only up-to-date, single-volume study of its kind, this book also includes maps and statistics that aid readers to absorb the rich history of African Christianity and discover its impact on the rest of the world.
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- Traces the development and spread of African Christianity through its two-thousand year history
- Demonstrates how the African church has faithfully testified to the power and diversity of God’s kingdom
- Examines key churches, figures and movements
- Part 1: The Imperial Rule of God: Beginnings to AD 600
- Part 2: The Clash of Kingdoms: Medieval African Christianity (600–1700)
- Part 3: The Reign of Christ: African Christianity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- Part 4: The Kingdom on Earth: African Christianity in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
This book is authoritatively compelling as a significant resource for students and scholars of World Christianity and general readers.
—Afe Adogame, PhD
What a timely revision given Africa’s rise to prominence within World Christianity! Meticulous historians and masterful narrators, the authors’ interpretation through the lens of the kingdom of God showcases the study of World Christianity at its best.
—Diane Stinton, PhD
- Title: The Kingdom of God in Africa: A History of African Christianity
- Authors: Mark Shaw, Wanjiru M. Gitau
- Edition: Revised and Updated
- Publisher: Langham
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 368
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Evangelicalism › Africa--History; Africa › Church history
- ISBNs: 9781783688111, 9781839730207, 9781839730214, 9781839730221, 1783688114, 183973020X, 1839730218, 1839730226
- Resource ID: LLS:KNGDMGDCHRSTNTY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:01:56Z