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The blessing of Africa : the Bible and African Christianity
- Title
- The blessing of Africa : the Bible and African Christianity / Keith Augustus Burton.
- Author
- Burton, Keith Augustus.
- Publication
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007.
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- Description
- 294 p. : maps; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and indexes.
- Contents
- The land of Ham : defining biblical Africa. The table of nations in Genesis 10 ; Defining the territory of Cush ; Defining the territory of Misrayim ; Defining the territory of Canaan -- Family reunion : Africans in the Bible. Identifying the Africans in Cush ; Identifying the Africans in Misrayim ; Identifying the Africans in Canaan -- Growing pains : the Bible in emerging African Christianity. The development of Christianity in Palestine ; The development of Christianity in Egypt and North Africa ; The development of Christianity in Arabia and Ethiopia -- Total eclipse : Islam's distortion of the biblical message. The influence of the Bible on the Qurʼan ; The growth of Islam in biblical Africa -- Hostile takeover : Europe's manipulation of the biblical message. The European crusade against Islam ; The struggle for control in the Ethiopian church ; Mission and colonization in sub-Saharan Africa -- Free at last : the Bible and African liberation. The decline of Christianity in Islamic Africa ; The shortcomings of Ethiopian Christianity ; The impact of Christianity on sub-Saharan Africa.
- Call Number
- Sc E 07-894
- ISBN
- 9780830827626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0830827625 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007011184
- OCLC
- 86117638
- Author
- Burton, Keith Augustus.
- Title
- The blessing of Africa : the Bible and African Christianity / Keith Augustus Burton.
- Imprint
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and indexes.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc E 07-894