The blessing of Africa : the Bible and African Christianity / Keith Augustus Burton.
By: Burton, Keith Augustus.
Material type: BookPublisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007Description: 294 p. : maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780830827626 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0830827625 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Bible -- History | Bible -- Black interpretations | Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Blacks in the Bible | Afrocentrism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Africa -- Church historyDDC classification: 276 Online resources: Table of contents onlyItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Byang Kato Research Library | BS447.5.A35 B87 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 001009568 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and indexes.
The land of Ham : defining biblical Africa -- The table of nations in Genesis 10 -- Defining the territory of Cush -- Defining the territory of Misrayim -- Defining the territory of Canaan -- Family reunion : Africans in the Bible : Africans in the Bible -- Identifying the Africans in Cush -- Identifying the Africans in Misrayim -- Identifying the Africans in Canaan -- Growing pains : the Bible in emerging African Christianity -- The development of Christianity in Palestine -- The development of Christianity in Egypt and North Africa -- The development of Christianity in Arabia and Ethiopia -- Total eclipse : Islam's distortion of the biblical message -- The influence of the Bible on the Qur'an -- The growth of Islam in biblical Africa -- Free at last: the Bible and African liberation -- The decline of Christianity in Islamic Africa -- The shortcomings of Ethiopian Christianity -- The impact of Christianity on sub-Saharan Africa.
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