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Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock (eds.) 2008. Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora: The Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage . London: Continuum, pp. 354, Hb £75. ISBN-10: 1-8470-6317-9, ISBN-13: 978-1-8470-6317-5.

Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock (eds.) 2008. Christianity in Africa and the African... Book Reviews 288 ST U D IE S IN WO R L D CH R IST IA N IT Y responsible for the emergence of various ‘Diasporic’ Churches in the forms of the African Initiated Churches (AICs) and Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity. The nexus between colonial expansion and the nineteenthcentury Western missionary movement (as Anglican, Adventist, Baptist, Methodist and Catholic organisations) was explored from within diverse local contexts, and found to have brought transformations (positive and negative) to both African Christianity (as in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and the European spiritual landscape. In the four chapters that make up Part Two, discussions centred on issues of gender, which is vital for the understanding of African Christianity. Increased female leadership in some AICs and Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches both in Africa and Europe, as opposed to the male hegemony of missionary Christianity, was explored. However, certain European female figures, possessing incorrigibly intrepid personality profiles, sometimes as wives of missionaries or other categories, came to parts of Africa, became devoted friends of the natives and were dedicated crusaders for justice. The section ends with attention on the pandemic of HIV/AIDS and the need for a responsive African theology. Part Three consists http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in World Christianity Edinburgh University Press

Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock (eds.) 2008. Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora: The Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage . London: Continuum, pp. 354, Hb £75. ISBN-10: 1-8470-6317-9, ISBN-13: 978-1-8470-6317-5.

Studies in World Christianity , Volume 15 (3): 287 – Dec 1, 2009

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Copyright
© Edinburgh University Press, 2009
Subject
Book Reviews; Philosophy and Religion
ISSN
1354-9901
eISSN
1750-0230
DOI
10.3366/E135499010900063X
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Book Reviews 288 ST U D IE S IN WO R L D CH R IST IA N IT Y responsible for the emergence of various ‘Diasporic’ Churches in the forms of the African Initiated Churches (AICs) and Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity. The nexus between colonial expansion and the nineteenthcentury Western missionary movement (as Anglican, Adventist, Baptist, Methodist and Catholic organisations) was explored from within diverse local contexts, and found to have brought transformations (positive and negative) to both African Christianity (as in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and the European spiritual landscape. In the four chapters that make up Part Two, discussions centred on issues of gender, which is vital for the understanding of African Christianity. Increased female leadership in some AICs and Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches both in Africa and Europe, as opposed to the male hegemony of missionary Christianity, was explored. However, certain European female figures, possessing incorrigibly intrepid personality profiles, sometimes as wives of missionaries or other categories, came to parts of Africa, became devoted friends of the natives and were dedicated crusaders for justice. The section ends with attention on the pandemic of HIV/AIDS and the need for a responsive African theology. Part Three consists

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Studies in World ChristianityEdinburgh University Press

Published: Dec 1, 2009

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