A History of Christianity in Africa
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A History of Christianity in Africa   -     By: Elizabeth Isichei

A History of Christianity in Africa

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1995 / Paperback

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This book examines the origins and development of Christianity in Africa from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the spectacular growth, vitality, and diversity of the churches in Africa today. Dr. Isichei opens her study with Christianity in Antiquity and shows how Egypt and North Africa produced some of the most influential intellects of the time. She then discusses the churches founded in the wake of early contacts with Europe from the late fifteenth century on, and the unbroken Christian witness of Coptic Egypt and Ethiopia. Isichei also examines the different types of Christianity in modern Africa and shows how social factors have influenced its development and expression.

With the explosive growth of Christianity now taking place in Africa and the increasingly recognized significance of African Christianity, this book fills the void in scholarly works on Africa's Christian past.

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Title: A History of Christianity in Africa
By: Elizabeth Isichei
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 420
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 1995
Dimensions: 6 X 9 X 1 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 6 ounces
ISBN: 0802808433
ISBN-13: 9780802808431
Stock No: WW0843

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This unprecedented work is the first one-volume study of the history of Christianity in Africa. Written by Elizabeth Isichei, a leading scholar in this field, A History of Christianity in Africa examines the origins and development of Christianity in Africa from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the spectacular growth, vitality, and diversity of the churches in Africa today.

Isichei opens with the brilliance of Christianity in Africa in antiquity and shows how Christian Egypt and North Africa produced some of the most influential intellects of the time. She then discusses the churches founded in the wake of early contacts with Europe, from the late fifteenth century on, and the unbroken Christian witness of Coptic Egypt and of Ethiopia. Isichei also examines the different types of Christianity in modern Africa and shows how social factors have influenced its development and expression.

With the explosive growth of Christianity now taking place in Africa and the increasingly recognized significance of African Christianity, this much-needed book fills the void in scholarly works on that continent's Christian past, also foreshadowing Christian Africa's influential future.

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Professor of religious studies at Otago University inDunedin, New Zealand. She has written widely onChristianity in Africa for academic journals and taught inAfrican universities for sixteen years.

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