Faith in African lived Christianity: bridging anthropological and theological perspectives

"Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives offers a comprehensive, empirically rich and interdisciplinary approach to the study of faith in African Christianity. The book brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and re...

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Contributors: Lauterbach, Karen (Editor) ; Vähäkangas, Mika (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:Faith in African Lived Christianity. Bridging Anthropological and Theo-logical Perspectives (2020) (Balz, Heinrich)
Series/Journal:Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies volume 35
Historical Materialism Book Series volume201
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Christianity
Further subjects:B Africa Religious life and customs
B Collection of essays
B Experience (Religion)
B Christianity (Africa)
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:"Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives offers a comprehensive, empirically rich and interdisciplinary approach to the study of faith in African Christianity. The book brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and religious experiences shape the understanding of social life in Africa. The volume is a collection of chapters by prominent Africanist theologians, anthropologists and social scientists, who take people's faith as their starting point and analyze it in a contextually sensitive way. It covers discussions of positionality in the study of African Christianity, interdisciplinary methods and approaches and a number of case studies on political, social and ecological aspects of African Christian spirituality"--
Item Description:Gesehen am 24.10.2019
ISBN:9004412255
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255