an African understanding of the Bible Mokoko Gampiot, Aurélien creator author. Coquet-Mokoko, Cécile translator. text bibliography Electronic books. pau 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource. From the early days of Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a Eurocentric view of Christian teaching was a primary tool in the subjugation and domination of native populations. Since 1921 Kimbanguism, an African Initiated Church, has advocated a reconstruction of Blackness by appropriating the parameters of Christian identity. The prophet Simon Kimbangu, the founder of the movement, has inspired 17 million followers with Pan-African messages of political and spiritual liberation. The Spurned Race is the first comprehensive study of Kimbanguism since the pioneering books of the 1980s. The son of a Kimbanguist pastor, Gampiot uses his inside resources to offer new sociological and theological analyses of the church's interpretation of and signification on the Christian bible. The Spurned Race provides a unique and important look at the independent nature of early African Christian prophetic movements. Europe in Africa -- African responses : the birth of African Christianities -- Kimbanguism as a social movement -- The three sources of Kimbanguist theology -- The identity of Simon Kimbangu in the contemporary Kimbanguist faith -- Miraculous healing and worship -- Kimbanguist prophetism, messianism, and millenarianism -- A theology of identity reconstruction in a global context -- Reclaiming Kimbangu's prophetic heritage. Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot ; Translated by Cécile Coquet-Mokoko. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-cg--- f------ Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu. Kimbangu, Simon 1887-1951 Black interpretations Kimbangu, Simon 1887-1951 Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu. Nativistic movements Congo (Democratic Republic) Christianity Africa RELIGION Christianity Denominations Black interpretations Christianity Nativistic movements Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) RELIGION Christian Theology Anthropology BX7435.E44 M635 2017eb 289.9/3 Mokoko Gampiot, Aurélien. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] (DLC) 2016046613 (OCoLC)962068814 9780271079707 0271079703 22573/ctt1wch1qr JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1490041 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1490041 N$T 170324 20200709060535.0 ocn978351015 eng