Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel

Informationen zum Autor Barbara M. Cooper Klappentext Cooper's involvement in a violent religious riot provides a useful backdrop for introducing other themes and concerns such as Bible translation, medical outreach, public preaching, tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking missionaries, and the Christian mission's changing views of Islam. Zusammenfassung An intimate look at an evangelical Christian mission in Muslim Africa Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction: Fundamental Differences 1. Anatomy of a Riot 2. Love and Violence 3. From "Satan's Masterpiece" to "The Social Problem of Islam" 4. A Hausa Spiritual Vernacular 5. African Agency and the Growth of the Church in the Maradi Region, 1927-1960 6. Disciplining the Christian: Defining Elderhood, Christian Marriage, and "God's Work," 1933-1955 7. "An Extremely Dangerous Suspect": From Vichy-Era Travails to Postwar Triumph 8. Impasses in Vernacular Education, 1945-1995 9. Handmaid to the Gospel: SIM's Medical Work in Niger, 1944-1975 10. The Tree of Life: Regenerating and Gendering the Garden after the Fall, 1975-2000 11. Ça bouge : Hausa Christian Practice in a Muslim Milieu Epilogue: SIM's Successors and the Pentecostal Explosion Glossary Notes Works Consulted Index

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Cooper, Barbara M Cooper, Barbara M. Cooper, Cooper Barbara M
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2010
• EAN: 9780253222336
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22233-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: African Systems of Thought; African Systems of Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)