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The rebirth of African orthodoxy : return to foundations / Thomas C. Oden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oden, Thomas C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Africa--History.
- Bible.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Theology--Africa.
- Theology.
- History.
- Africa.
- Africa--Church history.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 174 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First [edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Classic African Christian teaching in the patristic period (100-750 AD) preceded modern colonialism by over a thousand years. Many young African women and men are now reexamining these lost roots. They are hungry for accurate information on their brilliant Christian ancestors.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Africa's Gift
- Seminar 1 Return to the Fountain 3
- A Rediscovering the Earliest African Biblical Interpreters 4
- B Classic Christianity in Africa 9
- Seminar 2 The Awakening of a Giant 15
- A Athanasius and Friends 15
- B Historical Perspective: A Turnaround is Occurring 23
- C The High Cost of Modern Living 26
- Seminar 3 Africa's Gift To Global Christianity 31
- A The Hunger for Roots 31
- B Orthodox Practice as a Sociological Skill 34
- C Orthodox Jews and Orthodox Christians 38
- Seminar 4 Orthodox Remembering 43
- A Remembering That Which Is Most Worthy of Memory 43
- B Returning to the Fountain 45
- C Political Winners? 49
- Seminar 5 Why Orthodoxy Persists 53
- A Nine Reasons Orthodoxy Survives 53
- B Going Deeper: The Kernel of Tenacity 62
- Seminar 6 One Faith: Concord as the Gift of the Spirit 69
- A How African Orthodoxy is Still Nurturing Global Christianity 69
- B Diverging Views of Christian Unity 75
- C The Uniting Work of the Spirit 77
- Part 2 Signs of New Life
- Seminar 7 The New Birth of African Orthodoxy 83
- A Ordinary Lives are Being Revitalized One By One 83
- B How My Road to Orthodoxy Led Through Africa 85
- Seminar 8 Reclaiming the Sacred Texts 91
- A Listening to Scripture Through The Community of Believers 91
- B The Church's Book 94
- C Following the Word in Order to Hear It 99
- D Toward a Wider Cross-Cultural Consensus 101
- Seminar 9 Consensus Recognition 109
- A Learning to Trust 109
- B Discerning the Power of the Consensus 114
- C Learning to Say No 118
- D Honing a Critical Orthodoxy 120
- E Recognizing Ancient Boundary Stones 122
- F Regaining Equilibrium 124
- G Recentering Faith 128
- H Cutting Through the Rhetoric 132
- Seminar 10 Rediscovering Classic Ecumenical Method 135
- A An Aid to Remembering 135
- B Four Historic Prototypes of Crises of Confidence in General Consent 142
- C The Apostolic Model of Right Remembering 150
- D Treasures Old and New 153
- E Concluding Imperatives 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174).
- ISBN:
- 9781501819094
- 1501819097
- OCLC:
- 930447469
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