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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kehinde Olumuyiwa OlabimtanPublisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Edition: New edition Volume: 12 Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9783034308090ISBN 10: 3034308094 Pages: 350 Publication Date: 19 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents: Looking Back – An Unpromising Beginning – Reorientation – Back to Base –Encountering Other Faiths – Homecoming – Redeeming the Land – Racing against Time – Change and Decay – The Making of the Mission Agent.ReviewsKehinde Olabimtan's biographical perspective brings fresh and robust insights into African church historiography. (Dr Afe Adogame, Senior Lecturer in World Christianity School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Dr Olabimtan's new book makes interesting reading. It is remarkable for its wealth of information, breath-taking in its detail and scholarly analysis, and admirable for its maturity of style and range of vocabulary. It is an indispensable resource for the researcher and the general reader alike. (Prof. Robert Addo-Fening, Formerly of Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.) ... as Dr Olabimtan makes clear in this valuable study, Johnson's own life, and those of his family and antecedents, provide lenses through which we can get a closer view of a critical period of the history of West Africa ...This is a rich book, revealing and thought-provoking. (Prof. Andrew F. Walls, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana) Kehinde Olabimtan's biographical perspective brings fresh and robust insights into African church historiography. (Dr Afe Adogame, Senior Lecturer in World Christianity School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Dr. Olabimtan's new book makes interesting reading. It is remarkable for its wealth of information, breath-taking in its detail and scholarly analysis, and admirable for its maturity of style and range of vocabulary. It is an indispensable resource for the researcher and the general reader alike. (Prof. Robert Addo-Fening, Formerly of Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.) ... as Dr Olabimtan makes clear in this valuable study, Johnson's own life, and those of his family and antecedents, provide lenses through which we can get a closer view of a critical period of the history of West Africa ...This is a rich book, revealing and thought-provoking. (Prof. Andrew F. Walls, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana) Author InformationKehinde Olabimtan studied theology at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He is on the faculty of the Ghanaian institution and the Baptist College of Theology, Lagos, Nigeria. He is based at the Institute of Mission and Society, Lagos. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |