Christian Zionism in Africa

Christian Zionism in Africa
Author: Cynthia Holder Rich
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781978711730

In this book, scholars in history, law, political science, biblical studies , theology, and interfaith relations analyze the actions and significance of Christian Zionist work across Africa, discussing implications for faith, justice, and international relations in Africa, Israel, and Palestine.

African Pilgrimage

African Pilgrimage
Author: Retief Müller
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1409430839

This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.

Engenas Lekganyane and the Early ZCC

Engenas Lekganyane and the Early ZCC
Author: Barry Morton
Publisher: booksmango
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-11-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781641532211

Biography of the obscure yet legendary founder of the Zion Christian Church, Engenas Lekganyane (1885-1948)

Songs of Zion

Songs of Zion
Author: James T. Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 1995-09-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195360052

This is a study of the transplantation of a creed devised by and for African Americans--the African Methodist Episcopal Church--that was appropriated and transformed in a variety of South African contexts. Focusing on a transatlantic institution like the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the book studies the complex human and intellectual traffic that has bound African American and South African experience. It explores the development and growth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church both in South Africa and America, and the interaction between the two churches. This is a highly innovative work of comparative and religious history. Its linking of the United States and African black religious experiences is unique and makes it appealing to readers interested in religious history and black experience in both the United States and South Africa.

Bantu Prophets in South Africa

Bantu Prophets in South Africa
Author: Bengt Sundkler
Publisher: James Clarke & Co.
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1961
Genre: Christian sects
ISBN: 9780227172339

Religious and Social Backgrounds of the Zulus -- Rise of the Independent Church Movement -- Government Policy -- Church and Community -- Leader and Follower -- Worship and Healing -- New Wine in Old Wineskins.

The Zionist Churches in Malawi

The Zionist Churches in Malawi
Author: Strohbehn, Ulf
Publisher: Mzuni Press
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2016-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9996045161

This book presents an African Christian movement full of vitality and creativity. The reader will meet believers who drink milk so that they may dream about angels, reports about funerals where the mourners dance with the coffin on their shoulders and church members who are ritually not allowed to fertilize their fields or wear neck ties. The author's unique insight into Malawi's Christian community addresses important issues in society. Why have 'Spirit Churches,' including Pentecostalism, been so successful in Malawi? Why do some religious groups still refuse medical help, up to the point that children die of cholera? How did the independent churches deal with the colonial trauma? In this masterful portrait, Strohbehn takes the reader from industrial mine compounds to rural colonies, where churches have set up their own spiritual and political rule. He carefully dissects the fine lines between traditional notions and Christianity's influence. We find a spiritual portrait of the Ngoni people, a fascinating cultural analysis of dancing and an encounter with a unique style of preaching.

Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism
Author: Stephen Sizer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2021-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666731501

"I am glad to commend Stephen Sizer's groundbreaking critique of Christian Zionism. His comprehensive overview of its roots, its theological basis, and its political consequences is very timely. I myself believe that Zionism, both political and Christian, is incompatible with biblical faith. Stephen's book has helped to reinforce this conviction."--Rev. Dr. John Stott"I believe Stephen Sizer is one of the most authoritative scholars in the world on the vital issue of Christian Zionism. He is a very important voice speaking out against this destructive movement that is killing us [Palestinians] through its theology." --Canon Naim Ateek"Stephen Sizer's Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon? is essential reading for any Western evangelical trying to understand the religious dimensions of American support for Israel. Sizer writes as an insider within the church, not as a critic watching from afar. And he shows with exacting clarity how evangelical eschatology has now embedded itself in a modern political ideology. One quick read of this book will change anyone's perspective on the Middle East permanently." --Professor Gary M. Burge"Congratulations on Christian Zionism. The index alone makes my mouth water, since this is the scholarly treatment to counteract the rabid prophecy pack for which I had been searching. I couldn't be happier that this is published. You and I see eye to eye on this issue. . . . Yours is a true prophetic voice so badly needed in the current prophecy frenzy. And when this mania also affects national and international policy, the danger takes on larger proportions."--Professor Paul Maier"Stephen Sizer's work on Christian Zionism is the most important and comprehensive on the subject to date and should be read by all students of the Middle East and by Christians concerned about a just resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Christian Zionism raises vital theological and political challenges that must be addressed head-on by Christians in the West, particularly evangelicals. The impact of this terribly misguided movement is increasingly putting Christians in the Middle East at risk, and it seems a far cry from the witness and message of Jesus Christ."--Dr Donald Wagner"This study of Christian Zionism, based on Stephen Sizer's doctoral thesis, is of seminal significance. It provides a fascinating survey of the history of Christian Zionism and an in-depth analysis of the theology of this highly important and influential movement."--Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok

The New Christian Zionism

The New Christian Zionism
Author: Gerald R. McDermott
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2016-09-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830894381

Christian Zionism is often seen as the offspring of premillennial dispensationalism. But the authors of this work contend that the biblical and theological connections between covenant and land are nearly as close in the New Testament as in Old. Written with academic rigor, this provocative volume proposes a place for Christian Zionism in an integrated biblical vision today.