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Chapter 2 is a slightly adapted and expanded version of the following article: Joel Robbins, ‘World Christianity and the Reorganization of Disciplines: On the Emerging Dialogue between Anthropology and Theology.’ In: Theologically Engaged Anthropology: Social Anthropology and Theology in Conversation. Edited by J. Derrick Lemons (Oxford: Oxford Publishing Limited, 2018). ISBN9780198797852, pp. 226–243. Reproduced with kind permission of the Oxford Publishing Limited through PLSclear.
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Names: Lauterbach, Karen, editor. | Vähäkangas, Mika, editor.
Title: Faith in African lived Christianity : bridging anthropological and theological perspectives / edited by William K. Kay, Glyndŵr University, Mark J. Cartledge, Regent University.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies, 1876-2247 ; volume 35 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives offers a comprehensive, empirically rich and interdisciplinary approach to the study of faith in African Christianity. The book brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and religious experiences shape the understanding of social life in Africa. The volume is a collection of chapters by prominent Africanist theologians, anthropologists and social scientists, who take people’s faith as their starting point and analyze it in a contextually sensitive way. It covers discussions of positionality in the study of African Christianity, interdisciplinary methods and approaches and a number of case studies on political, social and ecological aspects of African Christian spirituality”-- Provided by publisher.
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Subjects: lcsh: Christianity--Africa. | Africa--Religious life and customs. | Experience (Religion)
Classification: lcc br1360 .f35 2020 (print) | lcc br1360 (ebook) | ddc 276.7/083--dc23
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