How Africa shaped the Christian mind : rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity /
Oden, Thomas C.
How Africa shaped the Christian mind : rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity / Thomas C. Oden. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2007. - 204 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-204).
The African seedbed of Western Christianity. A forgotten story ; Seven ways Africa shaped the Christian mind ; Defining Africa ; One faith, two Africas ; Temptations -- African orthodox recovery. The opportunity for retrieval ; How the blood of African martyrs became the seed of European Christianity ; Right remembering ; Seeking the reconciliation of Christianity and Islam through historical insight -- Appendix : the challenges of early African research.
9780830837052 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007031477
Christianity--Africa.
Africa--Church history.
How Africa shaped the Christian mind : rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity / Thomas C. Oden. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2007. - 204 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-204).
The African seedbed of Western Christianity. A forgotten story ; Seven ways Africa shaped the Christian mind ; Defining Africa ; One faith, two Africas ; Temptations -- African orthodox recovery. The opportunity for retrieval ; How the blood of African martyrs became the seed of European Christianity ; Right remembering ; Seeking the reconciliation of Christianity and Islam through historical insight -- Appendix : the challenges of early African research.
9780830837052 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007031477
Christianity--Africa.
Africa--Church history.
