African Catholic : decolonization and the Transformation of the Church
Géographique
Afrique, FranceThématique
église catholique, mission, concile, vatican II, décolonisationDisciplinaire
histoire, théologieFiche validée
| Titre | African Catholic : decolonization and the Transformation of the Church |
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| Type de publication | Livre |
| Langue principale de la publication | anglais |
| Année de publication | 2019 |
| Auteur | Elizabeth A. FOSTER |
| Nombre de pages | 384 |
| Éditeur | Harvard University Press |
| Ville | Cambridge ; London = Londres |
| Genre | essai - étude |
| Pays d'édition | Royaume-Uni Etats-unis |
| ISBN | 9780674987661 |
| Résumé/Présentation | "A groundbreaking history of how Africans in the French Empire embraced both African independence and their Catholic faith during the upheaval of decolonization, leading to a fundamental reorientation of the Catholic Church. / African Catholic examines how French imperialists and the Africans they ruled imagined the religious future of French sub-Saharan Africa in the years just before and after decolonization. The story encompasses the political transition to independence, Catholic contributions to black intellectual currents, and efforts to alter the church hierarchy to create an authentically ?African? church. [...]" (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674987661 - 04.2019) |
| Référence complète | Foster, Elizabeth A.. African Catholic : decolonization and the Transformation of the Church. Cambridge ; London : Harvard University Press, 2019, 384 p., ill., cartes - ISBN 9780674987661. |
