A history of the church in Africa

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A history of the church in Africa

Bengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed

Cambridge University Press, 2000

  • : hbk

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"Studia Missionalia Upsaliensia LXXIV" -- added title page

Bibliography: p.1099-1147

Includes index

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The late Bengt Sundkler, missionary, bishop, and academic, pioneered the study of independent churches in Africa. In this magisterial work, he reviews the entire history of the development of Christianity in all regions of the continent. In contrast to the conventional focus on the missionary enterprise, Professor Sundkler places the African converts at the centre of the study. African Christians, typically drawn from the margins of society, reinterpreted the Christian message, proselytised, governed local congregations, and organised independent churches. Emphasising African initiatives in the process of Christianisation, he argues that its development was shaped by African kings and courts, the history of labour migration, and local experiences of colonisation. This long-awaited book will become the standard reference on African Christian churches.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. The First Fourteen Hundred Years: 1. The beginnings
  • Part II. The Middle Ages, 1415-1787: 2. Maritime connections
  • Part III. The Nineteenth Century, 1787-1919: 3. Overview
  • 4. North and North-Eastern Africa
  • 5. Western Africa
  • 6. West-Central Africa
  • 7. Southern Africa
  • 8. South-Central Africa and the Indian Ocean
  • 9. East Africa
  • 10. East-Central Africa
  • Part IV. The Colonial Experience, 1920-1959: 11. Continental panorama
  • 12. Local perspectives
  • 13. North and North-Eastern Africa
  • 14. Western Africa
  • 15. Central Africa
  • 16. Southern Africa
  • 17. East Africa
  • 18. Ecumenical perspectives
  • Epilogue.

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