The dynamics and contradictions of evangelisation in Africa (Record no. 50797)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789956579983 (electronic bk.)
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International Standard Book Number 995657998X (electronic bk.)
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789956578214
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9956578215
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System control number (OCoLC)777401172
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System control number 410861
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BV3625.C29
Item number A9 2011eb
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code REL
Subject category code subdivision 045000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number WC266
Edition number 22
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library N$TA
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Awoh, Peter Acho.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The dynamics and contradictions of evangelisation in Africa
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title an essay on the Kom experience /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Peter Acho Awoh.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Dynamics and contradictions of evangelization in Africa
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Langaa Research & Pub.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (xxi, 184 p.) :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184).
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Missionary theology -- Motives and methods -- Present day challenges.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book critically discusses missionary Christianity and colonization in Africa as twin enterprises with a common ambition. While the colonialist set out to invest capital and reap profit, the missionary desire was to tend and turn African souls from damnation. It was this desire that drove the missionaries into the interior, propelled by the belief that no land was too remote to escape their attention and vigilance. It equally kept missionary zeal buoyant. The clarification of the concept of salvation within the Roman Catholic Church during the Vatican II Council set in motion the current lethargy that has in some places crippled the mission itself. In retrospect, one can begin to wonder why Africans became Christians. What reasons motivated the early adherents to cling to this foreign religion? Were there some internal deficiencies in African traditional religions, which the Africans hoped to remedy by joining the new religion? Or was it just part of the wholesale flirting with whatever was foreign and perceived to be modern? What baits were used by the missionaries to entice Africans? Christianity posed a danger to many of the time-honoured answers to African problems. These were the 'values' Africans converting to Christianity were expected to abandon. Why have Christians continually returned to their abandoned roots in time of crisis? This moving, well argued, richly documented and empirically substantiated study concludes by cautioning against the stubborn drive at radical conversion to Christianity with scant regard to the imperatives of enculturation.
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Kom (African people)
General subdivision Religion.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Evangelistic work
Geographic subdivision Cameroon
General subdivision History.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Cameroon
General subdivision Church history.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Awoh, Peter Acho.
Title Dynamics and contradictions of evangelisation in Africa.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub., c2011
International Standard Book Number 9789956578214
Record control number (OCoLC)694393416
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Materials specified EBSCOhost
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