Bengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed's A History of the Church in Africa, published by Cambridge University Press in 2000, is a major work of scholarship, a one volume history running to 1,232 pages. Its strength is that it covers an enormous span, from the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church's fourth century origins through the East African Revival of the 1930s onward, and Sundkler is independently established in this field through his earlier study Bantu Prophets in South Africa. Its limit is the ordinary one for a continent-spanning single volume history: breadth of coverage comes at some cost to depth on any one region or period.
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Tier one: a major work of scholarship from Cambridge University Press, a one volume history covering an enormous span from the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church's fourth century origins through the East African Revival, by an author independently established in the field through his earlier study Bantu Prophets in South Africa. Its limit is the ordinary one for a continent spanning single volume history: breadth of coverage comes at some cost to depth on any one region or period. NotesA one-volume, 1,232-page history of Christianity in Africa, covering the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church's history from the fourth century and the East African Revival of the 1930s onward (Sundkler is already catalogued for Bantu Prophets in South Africa as its own source). Use for the second East Africa region fact.
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AuthorBengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year2000
Source Typeacademic monograph
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