TY - BOOK ID - 5279779 TI - A history of the church in Africa AU - Sundkler, Bengt AU - Steed, Christopher PY - 2000 VL - 74 SN - 052158342X 1107113989 0511116667 1423762606 0511156227 0511304080 0511497377 1280161744 0511054033 9780521583428 9781423762607 9780511054037 9780511116667 9786610161744 6610161747 9780511497377 9781107113985 9781280161742 9780511156229 9780511304088 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - 266 <6> KW - 27 <6> KW - 27 <397> KW - Christianity KW - -Christianity KW - Religions KW - Church history KW - Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--Afrika KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Afrika KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Africa: Numidiƫ; Mauretaniƫ; Cyrenaica KW - Africa KW - Church history. KW - Christianisme KW - Afrique KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History KW - Christianity - Africa KW - Africa - Church history KW - independent churches KW - history and development of Christianity in Africa KW - the missionary enterprise KW - proselytization KW - labour migration KW - colonization KW - economy KW - politics KW - religion KW - African Christian churches UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5279779 AB - The late Bengt Sundkler, missionary, bishop, and academic, pioneered the study of independent churches in Africa. In this magisterial work, he reviews the entire history of the development of Christianity in all regions of the continent. In contrast to the conventional focus on the missionary enterprise, Professor Sundkler places the African converts at the centre of the study. African Christians, typically drawn from the margins of society, reinterpreted the Christian message, proselytised, governed local congregations, and organised independent churches. Emphasising African initiatives in the process of Christianisation, he argues that its development was shaped by African kings and courts, the history of labour migration, and local experiences of colonisation. This long-awaited book will become the standard reference on African Christian churches. ER -