Elijah Obinna

Broschiertes Buch

Identity Crises and Indigenous Religious Traditions

Exploring Nigerian-African Christian Societies

Beschreibung

This book highlights the complex identity crises among many Christians as they negotiate their new identities, religious ideas and convictions as both Christians and members of Nigerian-African societies. Demonstrating how complex religious identities and practices of Nigerian-African Christians can balance mission-influenced Christianity with indi

Autor

Elijah Obinna currently lives in Scotland where he serves as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was formerly a senior lecturer and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution, Arochukwu (in affiliation with Abia State University, Uturu), Abia State, Nigeria and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA (2011-2012). Obinna obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor of Christianity in the Modern World: Changes and Controversies (2014); and author of Scottish Missionaries in Nigeria: Foundation, Transformation and Development, 1927-1944 (2013) and many articles and book chapters in learned publications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780367881795
• ISBN-10: 0367881799
• Artikelnr.: 58439897