Christian Interculture: Texts and Voices from Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds
Arun W. Jones, "Christian Interculture: Texts and Voices from Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds "
English | ISBN: 027108779X | 2021 | 260 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 027108779X | 2021 | 260 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Despite the remarkable growth of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in the twentieth century, there is a dearth of primary material produced by these Christians. This volume explores the problem of writing the history of indigenous Christian communities in the Global South.
Many such indigenous Christian groups pass along knowledge orally, and colonial forces have often not deemed their ideas and activities worth preserving. In some instances, documentation from these communities has been destroyed by people or nature. Highlighting the creative solutions that historians have found to this problem, the essays in this volume detail the strategies employed in discerning the perspectives, ideas, activities, motives, and agency of indigenous Christians. The contributors approach the problem on a case-by-case basis, acknowledging the impact of diverse geographical, cultural, political, and ecclesiastical factors.
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