East African Expressions of Christianity: Of Christianity

by Thomas Spear

Book Overview

Christianity has been spread in Africa by Africans. It is the story of peoples seizing control of their own spiritual destinies-rather than the commonplace notion that the continent's Christian churches represent colonial and capitalist powers that helped subdue Africans to European domination. In short, once introduced, Christianity took on a powerful life of its own and spun out of the control of those who would retain ownership of doctrine and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821412736
• ISBN13: 9780821412732
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"