The life and ministry of Prophet Garrick Sokari Braide : Elijah the Second of Niger Delta, Nigeria (c. 1882-1918) / Chinonyerem Chijioke Ekebuisi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekebuisi, Chinonyerem Chijioke, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Braide, Garrick Sokari, approximately 1882-1918.

Braide, Garrick Sokari.

Christianity--Nigeria.

Christianity.

Evangelists--Nigeria--Biography.

Evangelists.

Evangelistic work--Nigeria.

Evangelistic work.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Peter Lang, [2015]

Summary:

This study investigates the life and activities of Garrick Sokari Idikatima Braide, an African prophet, missionary and revivalist, in the evangelization of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria from 1890 to 1920. The book focuses on Braide's revival movement and its impact on the mainstream churches and the grassroots spread of Christianity, which reached over a million people in an area where the progress of Christianity had been very slow. Overall, the book reinterprets reports and publications on Garrick Braide in order to highlight African initiatives in the Christian evangelization of Nigeria. It also traces the chronological developments in Braide's ministry and the reasons behind his conflict with the Niger Delta Pastorate Board and his persecution by the colonial administration. The book further contributes to the debate on the reasons for the mass conversion of the Igbo to Christianity in the early decades of the twentieth century and the African origin of Pentecostalism in general. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Indigenous prophetic figures in West Africa 27

Chapter 3 Kalahari in the nineteenth century 51

Chapter 4 History of Garrick Sokari Idikatima Braide 77

Chapter 5 Garrick Braide and the Niger Delta Pastorate Church 117

Chapter 6 Garrick Braide's trials and the founding of the Christ Army Church 143

Chapter 7 Garrick Braide's religious legacies and innovations 185

Chapter 8 Impact of the Garrick Braide movement on the Igboland mainline churches 205

Chapter 9 Conclusion 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ekebuisi, Chinonyerem Chijioke. The Life and Ministry of Prophet Garrick Sokari Braide

ISBN:

3034318782

9783034318785

OCLC:

898530150

Publisher Number:

99963287218