Rethinking Christian Identity: African Reflections from Pauline Writings

Despite its existence for over a century in Africa and statistics putting the Christian populations at average 80 percent mostly in sub-Saharan African countries, Christianity has not managed to provide an alternative identity to ethnicity as issues of identity continue dogging the continent. Many A...

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Published in:Perichoresis
Main Author: Togarasei, Lovemore (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2016
In: Perichoresis
RelBib Classification:HC New Testament
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBE Anthropology
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Identity ethnocentrism Ubuntu race tribe gender
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