How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind

Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity

By Thomas C. Oden

(hardcover)

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Product Details

Line: IVP Books
Length: 204 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: hardcover
Published: December 2007

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2875-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2875-3
IVP Order Code: 2875

Related Subjects

African American Interest
Church History

Author Interview

• Surveys seven ways Africa shaped the Christian mind
• Suggests means and challenges of bridge-building between Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa
• Suggests concrete research projects for recovering the lost heritage
• Calls for reshaping the relationship between Christianity and Islam through historical insight
• Offers a timeline of early African Christianity
• Bibliography for further study