Christianity in Tropical Africa

C. G. Baëta

Part 1: Historical Perspective 1. Problems of Historical Perspective: The Planting of Christianity in Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2. Relations Between Christian Missions, European Administrations, and Traders in the Gold Coast 1828-74 3. Missonary Policies as seen in the Work of Misions with the Evangelical presbyterian Church, Ghana 4. Catholics and Protestants in the Congo 5. The Missionary Struggle with Complexity Part 2: The Analytical Perspective 6. Converts and Martyrs in Buganda 7. Influence de la Christianisation sur les institutions traditionnelles des ethnies côtières du Cameroun 8. Some Problems of African Christianity: Guilt and Shame 9. Conceptions of Christianity in the Context of Tropical Africa: Nigerian Reactions to its Advent 10. Attitudes and Policies of the Yoruba African Churches Towards Polygamy 11. Ethiopianism: Past and Present 12. Church Growth and Independency as Organic Phenomena: An Analysis of Two Hundred African Tribes 13. Some Traditional African Religions and Christianity 14. Christianisme et culture africaine: apport africain à la théologie 15. The Ways and Means of Communicating the Gospel Part 3: Trends and Prospects in African Christianity 16. Mariage et famille dans les groupes christianisés ou en voie de Christianisation de Dakar 17. Religion and Socio-Economic Action Among the Serenje-Lala of Zambia 18. The Predicament of the Church in Africa