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Shaw, Mark, 1949-

The kingdom of God in Africa : a history of African Christianity / Mark Shaw and Wanjiru M. Gitau. - Revised and updated. - 368 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-358) and index.

Introduction: wrestling with the kingdom: approaching the story of African Christianity -- The kingdom along the Nile: Christianity in Egypt to AD 640 -- The city of God: Christianity in North Africa to AD 640 -- Kings of glory: Christianity in Ethiopia and Nubia to AD 600 -- The kingdoms of Allah and Mungu: Islam and African religion in the Middle Ages -- Crumbling kingdoms: Nubian collapse and Ethiopian survival -- The kingdoms of Christendom: the European discovery of Africa, 1500-1700 -- The liberating kingdom: the crusade against the slave trade -- Kingdom and community in West Africa -- A kingdom divided: South African Christianity -- The violent kingdom: East African Christianity -- Ambassadors of the kingdom: the missionary factor in colonial Africa -- Cities of Zion: independent Christian movements before 1960 -- Christianity in post-independence Africa.

ISBN: 9781783688111 1783688114

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evangelicalism--History.--Africa
Christianity--Africa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Church history.

Dewey Class. No.: 276 Shaw