Making African Christianity : Africans re-imagining their faith in colonial southern Africa /

In Making African Christianity author Robert J. Houle argues that Africans successfully naturalized Christianity. This book examines the long history of the faith among colonial Zulu Christians (known as amakholwa) in what would become South Africa. As it has become clear that Africans are not disca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Houle, Robert J., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lanham, Md. : Lehigh University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011.
Subjects:
Christianity and culture > Africa, Southern.
Christianity > Africa, Southern.
Missions > Africa, Southern > Influence.
Zulu (African people) > Religion.
Christianisme > Afrique australe.
Zoulous > Religion.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianity
Christianity and culture
Missions > Influence
Zulu (African people) > Religion
Christentum
Mission
Zulu
Africa, Southern > Church history.
Afrique australe > Histoire religieuse.
Southern Africa
Südafrika > Kontinent
Church history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "In the beginning"
  • Being Zulu and Christian
  • Conflicting identities
  • Revival
  • Naturalizing the faith
  • A Zulu church
  • Conclusion.

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