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The African Christian and Islam / edited by John Azumah and Lamin Sanneh.

Contributor(s): Azumah, John Alembillah [editor.] | Sanneh, Lamin O [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carlisle : Langham Monographs, 2013Description: xiii, 466 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781907713972 (pbk.); 1907713972 (pbk.)Subject(s): Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- Congresses | Christianity and other religions -- Africa -- CongressesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
A historical survey -- The African Christian and Islam : historical and religious dimensions / Lamin Sanneh -- Patterns of Christian-Muslim encounters in Africa / John Azumah -- Hermeneutical and theological resources in African traditional religions for Christian-Muslim relations in Africa / Abraham A. Akrong & John Azumah -- The African Christian and Islam : insights from the colonial period / Elom Dovlo -- The African Christian and Islam : the Roman Catholic perspective / John Onaiyekan -- A thematic assessment -- Fault lines in African Christian responses to Islam / John Azumah -- Competition and conflict : Pentecostals' and Charismatics' engagement with Islam in Nigeria / Matthews A. Ojo -- The African Christian and ideological Islam / Josiah Idowu-Fearon -- The African Christian and Muslim Militancy / Moussa Bongoyok -- The African Christian and Islamic Da'wah and polemics / John Chesworth -- The African Christian and Islamic mysticism : folk Islam / David W. Shenk --
Country studies -- Egypt / Tharwat Wahba -- Ethiopia / E. Peter Ford, Jr. -- Ghana / Rahman Yakubu -- Kenya / Stephen Mutuku Sesi -- Nigeria / Matthew Hassan Kukah -- Senegal / Daniel Gomis -- South Africa / Manfred Jung -- Sudan / James B. Obwonyo -- Tanzania / William Andrew Kopwe -- Bible reflections -- Encountering the other : a study of Mark 7:24-30 and Matthew 15:21-28 / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Bible reflection : Luke 7:1-10, healing the Centurion's slave / Serge Traore -- Thinking biblically about Islam and Muslims : Christian attitudes toward Muslim women and seclusion / Josephine Katile Mutuku Sesi.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Faculty Collection Midrange BP172 .A375 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903496921
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Faculty Collection Special Collections (by appointment only) BP172 .A375 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0182903243083

"This book is a collection of papers presented at an academic conference on the African Christian and Islam which took place in Accra, Ghana, from 6th to 10th July 2010."--p. xi.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part one: A historical survey -- The African Christian and Islam : historical and religious dimensions / Lamin Sanneh -- Patterns of Christian-Muslim encounters in Africa / John Azumah -- Hermeneutical and theological resources in African traditional religions for Christian-Muslim relations in Africa / Abraham A. Akrong & John Azumah -- The African Christian and Islam : insights from the colonial period / Elom Dovlo -- The African Christian and Islam : the Roman Catholic perspective / John Onaiyekan -- Part two: A thematic assessment -- Fault lines in African Christian responses to Islam / John Azumah -- Competition and conflict : Pentecostals' and Charismatics' engagement with Islam in Nigeria / Matthews A. Ojo -- The African Christian and ideological Islam / Josiah Idowu-Fearon -- The African Christian and Muslim Militancy / Moussa Bongoyok -- The African Christian and Islamic Da'wah and polemics / John Chesworth -- The African Christian and Islamic mysticism : folk Islam / David W. Shenk --

Part three: Country studies -- Egypt / Tharwat Wahba -- Ethiopia / E. Peter Ford, Jr. -- Ghana / Rahman Yakubu -- Kenya / Stephen Mutuku Sesi -- Nigeria / Matthew Hassan Kukah -- Senegal / Daniel Gomis -- South Africa / Manfred Jung -- Sudan / James B. Obwonyo -- Tanzania / William Andrew Kopwe -- Part four: Bible reflections -- Encountering the other : a study of Mark 7:24-30 and Matthew 15:21-28 / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Bible reflection : Luke 7:1-10, healing the Centurion's slave / Serge Traore -- Thinking biblically about Islam and Muslims : Christian attitudes toward Muslim women and seclusion / Josephine Katile Mutuku Sesi.

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