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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mokoko Gampiot, Aurélien (Autor)
Otros Autores: Coquet-Mokoko, Cécile (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Signifying (on) Scriptures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271079707
0271079703
9780271079684
0271079681