Christianity in Tropical Africa : Studies Presented and Discussed at the Seventh International African Seminar, University of Ghana, April 1965.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW: FACTS AND PROBLEMS -- (a) The Need for Continuing Research -- (b) The Relations between the African Communities, Missions, Traders and the Colonial Administrations -- (c) Missionary Motivations, Policies, and Methods -- I. PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE PLANTING OF CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES RICHARD GRAY -- II. RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIONS, AND TRADERS IN THE GOLD COAST, 1828-74 -- III. MISSIONARY POLICIES AS SEEN IN THE WORK OF MISSIONS WITH THE EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GHANA -- IV. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS IN THE CONGO -- V. THE MISSIONARY STRUGGLE WITH COMPLEXITY -- PART TWO THE ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW: THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY WITH AFRICAN CONCEPTS AND WAY OF LIFE -- (a) THE 'WHY' AND 'HOW' OF CONVERSION -- (b) CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN CULTURE: SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENCOUNTER -- (c) A NOTE ON TYPES OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BY THE REV. F. B. WELBOURN -- (d) RESPONSES TO THE GOSPEL -- (e) AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION -- (f) COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL -- VI. CONVERTS AND MARTYRS IN BUGANDA -- VII. INFLUENCE DE LA CHRISTIANISATION SUR LES INSTITUTIONS TRADITIONNELLES DES ETHNIES COTIÈRES DU CAMEROUN1 -- VIII. SOME PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY: GUIL AND SHAME -- IX. CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE CONTEXT OF TROPICAL AFRICA: NIGERIAN REACTIONS TO ITS ADVENT -- X. ATTITUDES AND POLICIES OF TH E YORUBA AFRICAN CHURCHES TOWARDS POLYGAMY -- XI. ETHIOPIANISM: PAST AND PRESENT -- XII. CHURCH GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCY AS ORGANIC PHENOMENA: AN ANALYSIS OF TWO HUNDRED AFRICAN TRIBES1.

XIII. SOME TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY -- XIV. CHRISTIANISME ET CULTURE AFRICAINE: APPORT AFRICAIN À LA THÉOLOGIE -- XV. THE WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL -- PART THREETRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY -- INTRODUCTORY REVIEW -- (a) African Christianity and Modern Problems -- (b) Adjustment to New Tasks -- XVI. MARIAGE ET FAMILLE DANS LES GROUPES CHRISTIANISÉS OU EN VOIE DE CHRISTIANISATION DE DAKAR -- XVII. RELIGION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTION AMONG THE SERENJE-LALA OF ZAMBIA1 -- XVIII. THE PREDICAMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA -- INDEX.

Originally published in 1968 this volume discusses the issues and problems relevant to Christianity in Tropical Africa. It includes historical studies of the earlier Catholic and Protestant missions and their relationship with African communities, traders and colonial administrations.

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