Healing and Power in Ghana: Early Indigenous Expressions of Christianity
(Part of the Studies in World Christianity Series)
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In nineteenth-century Ghana, regional warfare rooted in profound social and economic transformations led thousands of displaced people to seek refuge in the small mountain kingdom of Akuapem. There they encountered missionaries from Germany whose message of sin and forgiveness struck many of these newcomers as irrelevant to their needs. However, together with Akuapem's natives, these newcomers began reformulating Christianity as a ritual tool for...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1481312677
ISBN13:9781481312677
Release Date:October 2020
Publisher:Baylor University Press
Length:341 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.7" x 9.2"
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