Christianity in Eurafrica

Steven Pass

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Christianity in Eurafrica is an impressive book, meticulously researched and well written by a professional scholar. The first chapter includes some valuable historiographical guidelines for writing and understanding the History of the Church. In its first part, the book traces the history of the Church in the Middle East and Europe, explaining the roots of theological diversity to this day. In the second part, the author narrates how the Faith moved south, took root in African soil and grew independently. Many pictures and illustrations serve to further enliven the account. Steven Paas, taught Theology in Malawi for many years. He writes from a deep knowledge of and love for the Lord’s Church, especially in Africa and Europe.
This textbook on the history of Christianity in two continents fits with the curricula of institutions of theological training in Africa and the West. The content is especially aimed at students who prepare for the ministry and for Christian education. The book is, however, also invaluable for all scholars of the History of Christianity.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: CLF Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781868044986
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 23 Mo

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Christianity in Eurafrica

Table of contents

Preface

1. Characteristics of Church History

Bibliography: Historiography

PART I

FROM GALILEE TO THE ATLANTIC

2. The Fullness of Time
3. Expansion inside the Roman Empire

4. The Life of the Earliest Church

5. The Church and the Roman State

6. Expansion beyond the Roman Empire

7. Conflicts and the Definition of Dogma

8. The Church Fathers

9. Cyprian
10. Augustine

11. Monasticism

12. Collapse in the West

Bibliography: Antiquity

13. The Rise and Expansion of Islam

14. Expansion in North West Europe 590-800

15. Church and State in Competition

16. Monastic Reforms
17. Eastern Orthodox Church

18. The Crusades

19. Medieval Papacy

20. Education and Learning

21. Reform and Dissent

Bibliography: Middle Ages

22. An Era of Great Change
23. Martin Luther 1483-1546

24. Huldrych Zwingli 1484-1531

25. Martin Bucer 1491-1551

26. John Calvin 1509-1564

27. The Radical Reformers
28. Reformation in France

29. Reformation in The Netherlands

30. Reformation in England

31. Reformation in Scotland

32. The Counter Reformation

Bibliography: Reformation

33. The Enlightenment
34. Roman Catholicism 1648-1800

35. Roman Catholicism 1800-1900

36. European Protestantism 1648
1800

37. European Protestantism 1800-1900

38. North American Protestantism 1600-1900

39. Theological Developments 1800-2000
40. Cooperation and Unity

41. Church and Ideology

Bibliography: Modern Age

PART II

THE FAITH MOVES SOUTH

42. Africa on the Eve of Change

43
Nubian and Ethiopian Christianity
44. Africa and Early Portuguese Missions

45. Africa and the Dutch until 1800

46. Africa and the British until 1885

47. Western Africa 1800-1900

48. Southern Africa 1800-1900
49. Eastern Africa 1800-1900

after 1885

52. Missions and Colonialism 1885-1960
53. African Instituted Churches

54. Church and Mission in Independent Africa

55. Faith Missions

56. Unity and Cooperation

Bibliography: Africa

57. The Church in Malawi
58. The Church in Zambia

59. The Church in Zimbabwe

60. Pentecostals and Charismatics
62. Conversion

Bibliography: South Central-Africa

63. Europe and Africa in the Post-Modern Age

O God, our help in ages past

Register
Preface

From Galilee to the Atlantic
The Faith

Moves South

African Christianity: An African Story

From Galilee to the Atlantic: A History of the Church in the West

The Faith Moves South: A History of the Church in Africa
Preface

Kamuzu

Academy

Namikango Mission

Mukhanyo Theological Seminary

Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary

University of Malawi
Mzuzu University

Missio Africanus

Christian Literature Fund
1. Characteristics of Church History

1.1. Defining Church History

Eusebius of Caesarea (c.260-
c.340) is called

principal source for the history of Christianity

from the Apostolic Age to his own

Early Church History to A.D. 313,

The Story of the Church

Christianity through the Ages: A History of the Christian Church
Characteristics of Church History

progress

development
development

evolutionary connotations

Secular History
Theology

a. Church History Belongs to Secular History

Historical Events

starting point

aim
Characteristics of Church History

telos

eschaton

The Communication of Events

Terms Used in Historiography

Historismus

Historicism

Christian Doctrine of History
Characteristics of Church History

History is a comprehensive survey

History concerns previous facts and movements

History is about the facts of divinely created nature and humanity

History presupposes God
s providence

History aims at understanding the past

History leads to understanding the present

History facilitates thinking about the future
Characteristics of Church History

b. Church History Belongs to Theology

history of Christianity,

Christianity.

kuriakè

ekklesia
ek-kalein

Creed

The Church is one

The Church is holy
in

The Church is catholic.

The Church is Christian.

The Church is the communion of saints.

catholic
holos
Characteristics of Church History

historia sacra Divinae revelationis

1.2. African Church History

a. Southern Christianity

Historiography
African

Church History

Southern Christianity

Roman Empire
The

Faith Moves South

Roman Empire

nschaft

Association of Theological Institutions in Southern and Central Africa

From Dutch Mission Church to Reformed Church in Zambia: The Scope for African Leadership and

Initiative in the History of a Zambian Mission Church

A New

Look at Christianity in Africa
Characteristics of Church History

b. Received from the Outside

Parousia

c. Textbooks

African

Christianity: An African Story

International Review of Mission
Jesus in Africa:

The Christian Gospel in African History and Experience

African Christianity

Digging out the Ancestral Church: Researching and Communicating Church History
Characteristics of Church History

African Church History

African Church History

African Church History

d. Ideological bias

A History of the Expansion of Christianity

Christianity in a Revolutionary Age

The Planting of Christianity in Africa

, History of the Church in Africa, A Survey

African Christianity: An African Story

A History of the Church in Africa

The Kingdom of God in Africa: A Short History of African Christianity

A History of Christianity in Africa: From Antiquity to the Present

2000 Years of Christianity in Africa: An African History 62-1992
The

Church in Africa: 1450-1950

African Christianity
Characteristics of Church History

syncretism

1.3. The Sources of Church History

African Christianity

General History of Africa
A New Look at Christianity

in Africa

Theological Pitfalls in Africa
Characteristics of Church History

a. Categories of Sources

Written and Non-written Sources

Dictionary

of African Christian Biography

Coin with the image of Emperor Titus, who

occupied, and destroyed Jerusa
lem in the

year 70.

Primary, and Secondary Sources
Characteristics of Church History

Confessiones

Direct, and Indirect Sources

indirect sources

Size.

Scholarliness

Organisation of the contents

what

when
why
how

Intended group of readers

Title page of a much used collection of

important original documents.

b. Writers of Source Material

1.Writers differ in Faith and Abilities
Characteristics of Church History

2.Non-Christian Writers

3. Disagreement among Christian Writers

Roman Catholic

Aurelius Augustine (354-
430). He

changed the way of history writing

from applying a circular princi
ple,

which
is circulating different facts

around the same theme, to writing

from a linear angle, looking upon

history as a movement from a start
ing

Pentecostal and Anabaptist
point to its fulfilment.
Characteristics of Church History

Acts

Genesis

Eastern Orthodox

Protestant

African, Asian, and Latin American

Ecumenical

1.4. The Branches of Church History

a. History of Christian Missions

Theology and Identity: The impact of Culture on Christian Theology in the 2nd

century
Neue Zeitschrift für

Missionswissenschaft
Characteristics of Church History

b. History of Persecutions

c. History of Church Polity

d. History of Church-State Relationship

e. History of Church Praxis

f. History of Christian Life
Characteristics of Church History

g. Histories of the Branches of Theology

1.5. Reasons for Studying Church History

a. Understanding the Present

b.

c.
Characteristics of Church History

d. Examples for Present Training

e. Source of Tools for Learning

f. Guide for Exegetics

Revelation

Christianity through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church

Digging out the Ancestral Church: An Introduction to Researching and Communicating Church History

Digging
Bibliography: Historiography

a. General, and Reference Books

A History of Christianity,

World Christian Encyclopedia,

A Concise History of the Catholic Church

A Century of Church History

Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works,

and Methods

The Westminster Dictionary of the Christian Church

God and man in Time

Christianity through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church

A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Christianity

A History of Christianity

An Atlas of the Christian Church,

., The Idea of History

How to Read Church History

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

The History of Christianity

Historical Atlas of Religion in America

Church Historians

,
Early Church History to A.D. 313

A World History of Christianity

Sketches from Church History: An Illustrated Account of 20 Centuries of

Christ
s Power

A History of Christianity

The Handbook of Church History

A History of the Expansion of Christianity

The first five Centuries
The

Thousand Years of Uncertainty: AD 500-AD 1500
Three Centuries of Advance 1500-1800

A.D
Europe, and the United States
The Americas, Australasia, and Africa
North Africa

and Asia
Advance Through the Storm

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Groundwork of Church History

An Introduction to Christianity

The Christian Theology Reader

Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity

2000 Years of Christ
s Power
Bibliography: Historiography

Digging out the Ancestral Church: Researching and Communicating Church

History

A History of Christianity

Perspectives on Church History: An Introduction for South

African Readers,

, Ulendo Wathu monga Mbumba ya Mulungu,

.

The Story of the Church

History of the Christian Church

Mbiri ya Mpi