Is Africa Incurably Religious? : Secularization and Discipleship in Africa /

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The contributions in the volume question the widespread thesis that Africa is 'incurably religious' by studying both the presence and meaning of secularization in sub-Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora. This exercise requires sustained interest in the notion of secularization it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Is Africa Incurably Religious? (Conference), Declining Religious Participation (Conference)
Otros Autores: Seed, Richard E. (Editor ), Bangura, Joseph Bosco (Editor ), Toren, Bernard van den, 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Regnum Books International, an imprint of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Christianity.
Secularism.
Christian life.
Christianity > Africa.
Christian life > Africa.
Secularism > Africa.
Africa.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction Can God Die in Africa?
  • Part I : Secularization and Africa's Cultural and Religious Traditions
  • 2. Religious Indifference and Critique in Traditional Africa
  • 3. Factors Inherent in African Traditional Religions that Lead to the Secularization of Faith
  • 4. Western Secularization, African Worldviews and the Church
  • Part II : Secularization, Modernization & Globalization in Today's Africa
  • 5. What do we Mean by Secularization in Africa? Contributions and Limitations by the Western Secularization Discourse
  • 6. Do Science and Scientific Education Contribute to Secularization in Africa? An Exploration among Christian Academics and Students in Abidjan and Yaounde
  • 7. At the Intersection of Worldviews: Secularism and the African Context of Theological Students in Kenya
  • 8. African Neo-Pentecostalism in the Face of Secularization: Problems and Possibilities
  • 9. Secularization among the Urban Poor in Nairobi, Kenya
  • 10. Signs of Secularization and Challenges for Discipleship among the Urban Elite in Yaounde, Cameroon: A Personal Reflection
  • 11. Secularization Influences on Second Generation and Mixed-Race African Pentecostal Migrants in Flanders (Belgium)
  • Part III : Christian Discipleship in the Context of Modernity
  • 12. The Relationship between the Creation Mandate and the Mission Mandate: Intercultural Reflections on African Christian Discipleship in a Secularized World
  • 13. Endangered Discipleship: Secular and Religious Resistance in Africa David E. Bjork
  • 14. African Neo-Charismatic Discipleship in a Context of Secularization Joseph Bosco Bangura
  • A Selection of Bibliographic Sources on Secularization in Africa
  • List of Contributors
  • Back Cover.

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