Bringing to light hidden truths that have escaped many fine scholars and laymen alike for generations, the author explains very difficult topics in a very easy-to-follow format. The author also engages the reader in every answer, raising curiosity and igniting interest in Bible study. He deftly presents the Bible as a word-and-idea puzzle, which is fun to play with and share with believers and non-believers.
Sub-Saharan Africa appears to be the theatre where a remarkably sophisticated and complex drama of socio-cultural change is playing out. Nowhere is this social transformation more evident than in the cities and towns of Nigeria. In this country of more than 130 million inhabitants, religion—in its varied forms—has taken over urban landscapes, political discourse, the airwaves of radio and television broadcasting, economic and educational practices and policies as well as social interaction. Pentecostalism, in its latest incarnation(s),
This book is designed as a textbook for use in seminaries, Bible colleges and universities that have sprouted with vigor in Africa. It is ideologically driven to build a group of church historians who will tell the story of African Christianity, not Christianity in Africa, as an African story, by intentionally privileging the patterns of African agency without neglecting the noble roles played by missionaries.
This book provides an excellent lens to view, interpret, and evaluate the Pentecostal experience in the African continent. Contrary to dominant Western perspectives on African Pentecostalism which sees it as a religious vehicle for Western global cultural influences in Africa, Kalu provides an alternative trans-national discourse that is sensitive to local identities, appropriations, and contestations of global processes.
In essay after essay in this volume, he demonstrates the courage to blaze a new path, offer new, bold insights, render prevailing discourse obsolete, and set sail a new one in the treacherous academic waters by shifting the terms, accent, and drift of the old one.
In this fascinating new book, Sanders calls for a radical stepping out of the empty trappings of postmodernity. He confronts the illusory state of the black world by challenging it to analyze and redefine itself in light of certain relevant truths. Rather than blaming the white world for the problems of the black world, this book blames black people for their own conditions of existence. Rather than talking about symptoms, Sanders talks about root causes. Rather than embracing the usual measures offered by liberal and conservative social scientists on what ails the black world and how to fix it, Sanders deviates from widely accepted assessments and solutions. For him, the black world willed its own destruction and death by its decision to take the route of integration in America and by its decision to engage in neo-colonial behavior in Africa.He argues that the gaunt appearance of Africans in America is due to a disease called integration. The gaunt appearance of Africans on the African continent is due to a disease called neo-colonial behavior. This book not only challenges the black world to face these truths, but it also provides a roadmap that promises a very different future.
The book comprises of four chapters. The first chapter titled: “The Emergence of Islamic State in Sokoto and its relations with non-Muslims” attempts to study the spiritual position and significance of Sokoto to Muslims in West Africa, especially from 1804-1903. The consolidation, demography and political structure of the Sokoto caliphate as well as the rights and privileges of the non-Muslims living in the Caliphate are examined...
The narratives and analyses in this volume will enable scholars of global Christianity to discern how the shifting center of gravity in Christianity is being played out in Africa. Kalu in these essays do not simple record demographic shift, numerical growth, and vitality of African churches, but also and importantly shows how the expressions of Christianity are filtered through African cultures.
The narratives are intellectually compelling and emotionally engaging. They primarily focus on concrete lives and efforts of people engaged in the missionary endeavor. The essays do not simply tell the story of how African Christians are engaged in the practices of sharing their faith.
This book consists of essays on African church history: historiography, context (ecology and worldviews), the missionary enterprise and African responses that explain the massive growth of Christianity in contemporary Africa. Some essays have been published; others are unpublished, or rewritten to fit into a theme. Clio is the ancient Muse of History. When dressed in a sacred garb, the muse performs for religious people and, in this case, for church historians. The essays address the cutting edge of contemporary African church historiography and the process of appropriation of the
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