Wealth, health, and hope in African Christian religion : the search for abundant life /
Wealth, health, and hope in African Christian religion : the search for abundant life /
edited by Stan Chu Ilo.
- Lanham : Lexington books, 2018.
- xxxii, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Foreword / Introduction: The search for abundant life in African Christian religion: historical reinterpretation of Christian mission in Africa / African Christian religion: its scope in the global context / In quest of wholeness: African Christians in the new Christianity / Searching for healing in a miraculous stream: the fate of God's people in Africa / Eradicating evil in the search for practices of hope in Africa: witchcraft beliefs and accusations in contemporary Ghanaian Christianity / Pentecostal and charismatic renewal as a socio-religious phenomenon for transformation in Africa / Taking Africa out of the African: eco-community, the Christian heritage of empire and neo-pentecostalism in Africa / The African peoples and money: yesterday, today and tomorrow / The place of money in mission between Africa and the West: a personal narrative / Nigeria, Europe and Christian mission: models of economic collaboration in the 21st century / The African church and the impact of contemporary fundraising and sustainability / To recycle or not to recycle: an ethical question in Africa's relation with the West / In the wake of overt religiosity: a critical and appreciative perspective on religion as a force for social transformation and development in African society / by Esther Acolatse -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Caleb O. Oladipo -- David Tonghou Ngong -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Cyril G. K. Fayose -- Clement Majawa -- Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo -- Nathanaël Soede -- Jim Harries -- Felix Enegho -- Levi Nkwocha -- Aloysius Ochasi, Peter Clark, and Michael Barkowski -- Obaji M. Agbiji and Ignatius Swart. African Christian religions and the quest for health, healing and wholeness -- African pentecostalism and the ecology of sickness and evil -- Mission, money, wealth, and the search for abundant life --
9781498561273 (cloth : alk. paper)
2017040269
Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion--21st century.
BR1430 / .W43 2018
Includes index.
Foreword / Introduction: The search for abundant life in African Christian religion: historical reinterpretation of Christian mission in Africa / African Christian religion: its scope in the global context / In quest of wholeness: African Christians in the new Christianity / Searching for healing in a miraculous stream: the fate of God's people in Africa / Eradicating evil in the search for practices of hope in Africa: witchcraft beliefs and accusations in contemporary Ghanaian Christianity / Pentecostal and charismatic renewal as a socio-religious phenomenon for transformation in Africa / Taking Africa out of the African: eco-community, the Christian heritage of empire and neo-pentecostalism in Africa / The African peoples and money: yesterday, today and tomorrow / The place of money in mission between Africa and the West: a personal narrative / Nigeria, Europe and Christian mission: models of economic collaboration in the 21st century / The African church and the impact of contemporary fundraising and sustainability / To recycle or not to recycle: an ethical question in Africa's relation with the West / In the wake of overt religiosity: a critical and appreciative perspective on religion as a force for social transformation and development in African society / by Esther Acolatse -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Caleb O. Oladipo -- David Tonghou Ngong -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Cyril G. K. Fayose -- Clement Majawa -- Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo -- Nathanaël Soede -- Jim Harries -- Felix Enegho -- Levi Nkwocha -- Aloysius Ochasi, Peter Clark, and Michael Barkowski -- Obaji M. Agbiji and Ignatius Swart. African Christian religions and the quest for health, healing and wholeness -- African pentecostalism and the ecology of sickness and evil -- Mission, money, wealth, and the search for abundant life --
9781498561273 (cloth : alk. paper)
2017040269
Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion--21st century.
BR1430 / .W43 2018