The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 (Oxford History of the Christian Church)

✍ Scribed by Adrian Hastings

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 714
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Covering five centuries--from the rise of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the 15th century and the early Portuguese missionaries right through to the Church and its key role in Africa today--this major new volume is the first complete history of the Christian Church in Africa. Written by a leading authority on Church history who has spent many years in Africa, it looks at all aspects of Christianity in Africa, including its relationship to traditional values and customs, politics, and the comparable rise of Islam in Africa during the period.

✦ Table of Contents

The Church in Africa: 1450–1950
PREFACE
CONTENTS
A NOTE ON NAMES
ABBREVIATIONS
PART I— 1450–1780: A MEDIEVAL ENVIRONMENT
1— The Ethiopian Church in the Age of Zara Ya'iqob
i— Introduction: The Council of Dabra Mitmaq
ii— Coptic and Aksumite Origins
iii— Ethiopia's Hebraic Character
iv— Monasticism and Monarchy in the Fourteenth Century
v— The 'House of Ewostatewos' and Sabbath Observance
vi— The Policies of Zara Ya'iqob
vii— The Age of Baida Maryam
2— Africa in 1500 and Its Christian Past
i— Society, States, Statelessness, and Religion
ii— African Islam
iii— The Christian Past of North Africa and Survival in Egypt
iv— Nubia
3— The Kongo, Warri, Mutapa, and the Portuguese
The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
i— Portugal Overseas
ii— Kongo and Its Initial Evangelization
iii— Benin and Mutapa
iv— Kongolese Catholicism under Afonso I and His Immediate Successors
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
v— The Diocese of São Salvador and the Jesuits
vi— The Mission of the Capuchins
vii— The Battle of Ambuila, Kimpa Vita, and the Antonian Movement
viii— The Kongo Church in the Eighteenth Century
ix— Angola, Sierra Leone, Warri, and Mutapa
x— The Slave Trade and Its Implications
xi— An Evaluation
4— Riches to Rags: Ethiopia 1500–1800
i— The Church of Lebna Dengel
ii— The Jihad of Gran
iii— Galawdewos, the Jesuits, and Enbaqom
iv— Paez and Susenyos
v— Mendes and Fasiladas
vi— The Eighteenth Century
PART II— 1780–1890: FROM ANTI-SLAVERY TO TOTAL SUBJUGATION
5— Equiano to Ntsikana: From the 1780s to the 1820s
i— London, Africa, Protestantism
ii— West African Protestant Beginnings and the Foundation of Freetown
iii— The Advance of Islam
iv— Kongo Christianity under Garcia V
v— South Africa: Genadendal, Bethelsdorp, and Kuruman
vi— The Mission Village: A Discussion
vii— Khoi Leadership and Ntsikana
6— The Lion Revived: Ethiopia in the Nineteenth Century
i— The Age of the Princes
ii— Tewodros 1855–68
ii— Yohannes IV and Menelik
7— The Victorian Missionary
The Evolution of a Movement
i— Where Protestant Mission Had Arrived by the 1840s
ii— The Catholic Revival
iii— David Livingstone and His Influence
iv— Verona Fathers and White Fathers
v— The State of Missionary Complexity by 1880
Style, Priorities, and Mind
vi— Missionary Characteristics and Life-Style
vii— Missionary Teaching
viii— The Uses of Medicine
ix— Language and Translation
x— Christianity, Civilization, and Commerce
xi— The Three Selves and the Pursuit of Adaptation
xii— What Missionaries Thought of Africa
8— Kings, Marriage, Ancestors, and God
i— Monarchies and Christianization
ii— Rain
iii— Social Structure: Marriage, Circumcision, and Secret Societies
iv— Ancestors, Deities, and God
9— Christian Life in the Age of Bishop Crowther
i— 'Black Europeans'
ii— Crowther and the Niger Diocese
iii— Yoruba Christianity
iv— The South African Predicament
v— Buganda: Conversion, Martyrdom, and Civil War in the 1880s
vi— Revival in the Kongo
vii— The Niger Purge
PART III— 1890–1960: THE CHRISTIANIZING OF HALF A CONTINENT
10— A Variety of Scrambles: 1890–1920
The Context of Conversion
i— The Why and How of the Scramble
ii— Islam within the Scramble
iii— Missionaries and the Politics of Partition
iv— The Changing Shape of Missionary Endeavour
v— The Ownership of Land
vi— Missionaries as Critics of Colonialism
The Shaping of Conversion
vii— Black Evangelism: Some Southern Examples
viii— West African Conversion Movements in the Age of Harris
ix— The Catechist and His Tools
x— Logics of Conversion
xi— Buganda: Mass Conversion in the 1890s
xii— Buganda as a Model for Its Neighbours
xiii— A Comparison between Conversions
xiv— Varieties of Ethiopianism
xv— The Impact of World War
11— From Agbebi to Diangienda: Independency and Prophetism
i— 'African Churches' in Nigeria and South Africa 1888–1917
ii— The Rise of Zionism
iii— Elliot Kamwana
iv— Harrists and Kimbanguists
v— Aladura
vi— East and Central Africa: From Kunyiha to Lenshina
vii— Independency in the 1950s
viii— Causes and Motivations
ix— The Character of Prophetic Christianity
12— Church, School, and State in the Age of Bishop Kiwanuka
The State and the Missionary
i— The 1920s and Education
ii— The Second World War and the Triumph of Nationalisms
ii— Protestant Missionary Priorities in the Oldham Era
iv— The Catholic Breakthrough
v— The Missionary of the 1950s
The Character of the Christian Community
vi— Catholic Masaka
vii— Conversion, Community, and Catechist
viii— Dreams
ix— Church and Society
x— Associational Religion: From Welfare Group and Manyano to Balokole and Jamaa
x— A Modern Leadership
APPENDIX 1— KINGS OF ETHIOPIA AND KONGO REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT
Ethiopia
Kongo
APPENDIX 2— MAPS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
General
1— General Histories
2— Missionary and Christian History
3— Bibliographies
4— Guides to Archives
5— Reference Books
6— Journals
Chapter 1— The Ethiopian Church in the Age of Zara Ya'iqob
1— Introductory
2— Primary Texts
3— Judaic Tradition
4— Religious Life, Liturgy, and Doctrine
Chapter 2— Africa in 1500 and Its Christian Past
1— Introductory
2— Islam
3— North African Christianity
4— Christianity in Egypt
5— Christian Nubia
Chapter 3— The Kongo, Warri, Mutapa, and the Portuguese
1— General
2— West Africa
3— Kongo and Angola
4— Eastern Africa
Chapter 4— Riches to Rags: Ethiopia 1500–1800
1— Primary Sources: The Sixteenth Century
2— Primary Sources: The Seventeenth Century
3— Primary Sources: The Eighteenth Century
4— Modern Historical Works
Chapter 5— Equiano to Ntsikana: From the 1780s to the 1820s
1— Anti-Slavery
2— West Coast Protestantism and Sierra Leone
3— Islam
4— The Kongo
5— South Africa
Chapter 6— The Lion Revived: Ethiopia in the Nineteenth Century
1— Primary Texts
2— Emperors and Church
3— Catholics and Protestants
Chapter 7— The Victorian Missionary
1— Introductory
2— The Main Missionary Histories
3— Protestant Missionaries: Contemporary Published Accounts
4— Journals and Letters
5— Henry Venn
6— Livingstone and Other Leading Figures: Recent Monographs
7— Catholic Missionaries
8— Wider Studies of the Missionary Presence in Africa
9— Language and Translation
Chapter 8— Kings, Marriage, Ancestors, and God
Chapter 9— Christian Life in the Age of Bishop Crowther
1— West Africa
2— Southern Africa
3— Buganda
Chapter 10— A Variety of Scrambles: 1890–1920
1— General
2— West Africa
3— Congo (Zaïre)
4— Eastern Africa
5— Central Africa
6— Southern Africa
Chapter 11— From Agbebi to Diangienda: Independency and Prophetism
1— General
2— South Africa
3— Central Africa
4— East Africa
5— West Africa
6— Zaïre, Congo, and Angola
Chapter 12— Church, School, and State in the Age of Bishop Kiwanuka
1— General
2— Protestant Missions
3— Education
4— Protestant Churches
5— South Africa
6— The Catholic Church Elsewhere
7— Selection of Accounts of Christians Active in This Period
8— Marriage
9— Hymnody
10— Christianity and Politics
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