African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century

Proceedings of the Third International Munich-Freising Conference on the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World (September 15-17, 2004). Edited by Klaus Koschorke in cooperation with Jens Holger Schjørring.

16 contributions, three of them in German, deal with the manifold manifestations of African Christianity in the 20th century and the various ways in which "African" and "Christian" identities were formulated and interacted with each other. The negotiation of the local and the global in the process of forming African churches is discussed, as is the question of the impact of internal African debates and developments on global ecumenical discussions. 284 Seiten, broschiert (Studien zur Außereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika)/Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World; vol. 10/Harrassowitz Verlag 2005)