ABSTRACT

The Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa offers a multi-disciplinary analysis of the Christian tradition across the African continent and throughout a long historical span. The volume offers historical and thematic essays tracing the introduction of Christianity in Africa, as well as its growth, developments, and effects, including the lived experience of African Christians. Individual chapters address the themes of Christianity and gender, the development of African-initiated churches, the growth of Pentecostalism, and the influence of Christianity on issues of sexuality, music, and public health. This comprehensive volume will serve as a valuable overview and reference work for students and researchers worldwide.

part |163 pages

Selected Historical Perspectives

chapter |16 pages

Christianity in Egypt

The Coptic Church

chapter |19 pages

The cross in Ethiopian Christianity

Ecclesial symbolism and religious experience

part |95 pages

Modern Developments and Interreligious Encounters

chapter |13 pages

Evangelicals

Rereading Ethiopian Pentecostals and evangelism

chapter |17 pages

Christianity and African Religion

Historical dynamics of the encounter

chapter |13 pages

Muslim-Christian relations in Africa

An overview of centuries of personal encounters

part |66 pages

African Initiatives in Christianity

part |105 pages

Christianity, Politics, and Development

part |109 pages

Ecclesial Life and Lived Experience

chapter |16 pages

Church music in Africa

Space for inculturation and transformation

chapter |14 pages

Christianity and healing in Africa

The Anglican Church's Holy Cross Community in Zimbabwe

chapter |9 pages

Studying African Christianity

Future trajectories