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Concerning themselves with the problematic nature,of African Christian identity, the contributors to,this book adopt various cultural, historicalnational and educational perspectives in order to,reflect on the problem of African identities in a,world dominated by Western ideological and,religious systems.

Acknowledgements

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Preface Setting the Context: The African Christianity Project and the Emergence of a Self-Reflexive Institutional Identity

1

(8)

James L. Cox

Introduction What Role Do Institutions of Theology and Religious Studies Play in the Engagement with African Cultural Dynamics?

9

(16)

Leslie E.T. Shyllon

PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

African Identities as the Projection of Western Alterity

25

(14)

James L. Cox

`Knowing the African': Edwin W. Smith and the Invention of African Traditional Religion

39

(30)

Henk J. Van Rinsum

PART TWO: CULTURE AND IDENTITY

Educational Institutions and Christian Engagement with Societal Challenges

69

(20)

U.D. Anyanwu

Christian Engagement with African Culture: Religious Challenges

89

(20)

Mercy Amba Oduyoye

Christianity in A Pluralistic Context: Religious Challenges in Zimbabwe

109

(22)

Ezra Chitando

PART THREE: CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN NATIONAL IDENTITIES

Church Life, Civil Society and Democratization in Malawi 1992--96

131

(26)

Kenneth R. Ross

Christianity and National Development in West Africa: Dilemmas and Possibilities

157

(24)

Gustav H.K. Deveneaux

Christianity, Nation-Building and National Identity in Ghana: Religious Perspectives

181

(12)

Elom Dovlo

Christian Missions and Nation-Building in Ghana: An Historical Evaluation

193

(22)

Robert Addo-Fenning

PART FOUR: AFRICAN CHRISTIAN IDENTITY

`Globecalisation' and Religion: The Pentecostal Model in Contemporary Africa

215

(26)

Ogbu U. Kalu

Old Wine in New Wine Bottles: Prophetic Experiences in the Celestial Church of Christ

241

(20)

Afe Adogame

Who Defines African Identity? A Concluding Analysis

261

(14)

Gerrie Ter Haar

General Bibliography

275

(24)

List of Contributors

299

(2)

Subject Index

301

(6)

Name Index

307

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