Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora
In Honor of Dr. Tite Tiénou with Additional Essays on World Christianity| By: | null |
| Publisher: | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Print ISBN: | 9781620329597 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781630873073 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Communities of Faith is a collection of essays on the multicultural Christian spirit and practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the African diaspora. The essays span history, theology, anthropology, ecumenism, and missiology.Readers will be treated to fresh perspectives on African Pentecostal higher education, Pentecostalism and witchcraft in East Africa, Methodist camp meetings in Ghana, Ghanaian diaspora missions in Europe and North America, gender roles in South African Christian communities, HIV/AIDS ministries in Uganda, Japanese funerary rites, enculturation and contextualization principles of mission, and many other aspects of the Christian world mission.With essays from well-known scholars as well as young and emerging men and women in academia, Communities of Faith illuminates current realities of world Christianity and contributes to the scholarship of today's worldwide Christian witness.