Christian Remnant - African Folk Church

Seventh-Day Adventism in Tanzania, 1903-1980
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16233-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1302 g

Reihe: Studies in Christian Mission

The growth of Christianity in Africa during the twentieth century is one of the most fascinating shifts in the history of religions. This book presents a history of the Tanzanian Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is representative of this shift in many respects: slow beginnings, struggles over cultural issues, the emergence of a unique church life combining denominational heritage and African elements, frictions with governments, and the development of popular theology. Yet Tanzanian Adventism also exemplifies an important phenomenon which has been given little attention so far - the transformation of minority denominations to dominant religions. This study breaks new ground in analyzing how the Adventist “remnant” developed into an African “folk church” while attempting to remain true to its original ethos.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Höschele, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Baptisten

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Höschele, Ph.D. (2005) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Malawi, is Lecturer of Theology at Friedensau Adventist University, Germany.