A Multitude of All Peoples – Engaging Ancient Christianity`s Global Identity by Vince L Bantu

A Multitude of All Peoples – Engaging Ancient Christianity`s Global Identity by Vince L Bantu

Christianity Today Award of Merit

Christianity is not becoming a global religion. It has always been a global religion. The early Christian movement spread from Jerusalem in every direction, taking on local cultural expression all around the ancient world. So why do so many people see Christianity as a primarily Western, white religion?

In A Multitude of All Peoples, Vince Bantu surveys the geographic range of the early church's history, revealing an alternate, more accurate narrative to that of Christianity as a product of the Western world. He begins by investigating the historical roots of the Western cultural captivity of the church, from the conversion of Constantine to the rise of European Christian empires. He then shifts focus to the too-often-forgotten concurrent development of diverse expressions of Christianity across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

In the process, Bantu removes obstacles to contemporary missiological efforts. Focusing on the necessity for contextualization and indigenous leadership in effective Christian mission, he draws out practical lessons for intercultural communication of the gospel. Healing the wounds of racism, imperialism, and colonialism will be possible only with renewed attention to the marginalized voices of the historic global church. The full story of early Christianity makes clear that, as the apostle Peter said, God does not show favoritism, but accepts those from every people who fear him and do what is right.

Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

Bantu, Vince L.: - Vince L. Bantu is Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Houston, TX. Vince also serves as the Ohene (President) of Meachum School of Haymanot, an institution providing contextual theological education for the Black church and community. Vince is also the author of A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity and is currently editing a reader of early African and Asian Christian texts with the University of California Press. Vince also serves as the Ohene (President) for the Society of Gospel Haymanot, an academic colloquium for Black faculty and students of religion and theology. Vince, his wife Diana, and their two daughters live in Houston, TX.

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ISBN 13	9780830851072
ISBN 10	0830851070
Title	A Multitude of All Peoples – Engaging Ancient Christianity`s Global Identity
Author	Vince L Bantu
Series	Missiological Engagements Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	IVP Academic
Year published	2020-03-10
Number of pages	256
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