Church History. Part III

African Church History.

We will not engage on a history of the missionary movement in Africa but rather on a history of indigenous forms of Christianity – that is to say the forms of life inspired by Christianity that were accepted, adapted and spread by Africans.

Course code: THEN101

Professor: Philippe Denis

Table of content

PART 1 Introduction to the history of Christianity in southern Africa

The padroādo era
Failed attempts and missionary breakthroughs
Colonialism and mission
Post-independence Christianity
Selected Bibliography

PART 2 ASPECTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CHRISTIAN HISTORY

Early Portuguese missions in South-East Africa (16th-19th centuries)
Towards segregation: the Dutch reformed church and the native in the 19Th Century
A controversial bishop: John William Colenso
Beginnings of the Catholic Church in the Cape colony
The Christian Response to Apartheid in South Africa