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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mokoko Gampiot, Aurélien (Author)
Other Authors: Coquet-Mokoko, Cécile (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Series:Signifying (on) Scriptures.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Europe in Africa
  • African responses : the birth of African Christianities
  • Kimbanguism as a social movement
  • The three sources of Kimbanguist theology
  • The identity of Simon Kimbangu in the contemporary Kimbanguist faith
  • Miraculous healing and worship
  • Kimbanguist prophetism, messianism, and millenarianism
  • A theology of identity reconstruction in a global context
  • Reclaiming Kimbangu's prophetic heritage.