The Flow of African Spirituality into World Christianity
Much of the spirituality peculiar to African Christians bears traces of the influence of African Traditional Religions (atr). Prayer traditions like incantations, melodious choruses and appeal to spirits, typical of atr, have infiltrated the religious life of African Christians both at home and in D...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2015
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Mission studies
Jahr: 2015, Band: 32, Heft: 3, Seiten: 331-352 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Traditionelle afrikanische Religion
/ Christentum
/ Unabhängige Kirche
/ Pfingstbewegung
/ Spiritualität
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| RelBib Classification: | BS Afrikanische Religionen CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KBN Subsahara-Afrika KDG Freikirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
African spirituality and thought
ancestral worship
diaspora
migration
pneumatology
Christian antiquity
African Independent Churches
classical Pentecostalism
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| Zusammenfassung: | Much of the spirituality peculiar to African Christians bears traces of the influence of African Traditional Religions (atr). Prayer traditions like incantations, melodious choruses and appeal to spirits, typical of atr, have infiltrated the religious life of African Christians both at home and in Diaspora, amongst Christians in the mainline churches as well as in the African Independent Churches. Though the flow of African spiritual heritage into Christianity happened in the early history of Christianity, it accelerated in the lives of slaves in diaspora in the West Indies, the Americas and Europe. Today, the process continues amongst African migrants fleeing the unbearable political and economic strangulations in Africa; they migrate with their culture and spirituality and impact on Christianity worldwide. It is the intent of this paper therefore to explore how the African mystic sentiment, frenzied excitement and spirit-laden spirituality, which combine the sacred and the secular in practical life, influenced Christian worship and thought down the ages and, in recent times, contributed to the emergence of the Pentecostal and charismatic spirituality. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Enthält: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341413 |