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This volume fills the gap in current scholarship on African Christian religions, Pentecostalism, and the so-called prosperity gospel within the broader search for abundant life through the Christian faith and churches in Africa.
List of contents
Foreword by Esther Acolatse
Introduction: "The Search for Abundant Life in African Christian Religion: Historical Reinterpretation of Christian Mission in Africa"-Stan Chu Ilo
African Christian Religions and the Quest for Health, Healing and Wholeness
1. "African Christian Religion: Its Scope in the Global Context"-Caleb O. Oladipo
2. "In Quest of Wholeness: African Christians in the New Christianity" -David Tonghou Ngong
3. "Searching for Healing in a Miraculous Stream: The Fate of God's People in Africa" - Stan Chu Ilo
African Pentecostalism and the Ecology of Sickness and Evil
4. "Eradicating Evil in the Search for Practices of Hope in Africa: Witchcraft Beliefs and Accusations in Contemporary Ghanaian Christianity"-Cyril G. K. Fayose
5. "Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal as a Socio-Religious Phenomenon for Transformation in Africa"- Clement Majawa
6. "Taking Africa out of the African: Eco-Community, the Christian Heritage of Empire and Neo-Pentecostalism in Africa"- Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo
Mission, Money, Wealth, and the Search for Abundant Life
7. "The African Peoples and Money: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"-Nathanaël Soede
8. "The Place of Money in Mission Between Africa and the West: A Personal Narrative"-Jim Harries
9. "Nigeria, Europe and Christian Mission: Models of Economic Collaboration in the 21st Century"-Felix Enegho
10. "The African Church and the Impact of Contemporary Fundraising and Sustainability"-Levi Nkwocha
11. "To Recycle or Not to Recycle: An Ethical Question in Africa's Relation with the West"-Aloysius Ochasi, Peter Clark, and Michael Barkowski
12. "In the Wake of Overt Religiosity: A Critical and Appreciative Perspective on Religion as a Force for Social Transformation and Development in African society"-Obaji M. Agbiji and Ignatius Swart
About the author
Stan Chu Ilo is research professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University and president of Canadian Samaritans for Africa.
Summary
This volume fills the gap in current scholarship on African Christian religions, Pentecostalism, and the so-called prosperity gospel within the broader search for abundant life through the Christian faith and churches in Africa.
