Brotherhood of the Cross and Star

New Religious Movement in Nigeria

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

Av Friday M. Mbon, Walter J. Hollenweger

939 kr

Slutsåld

This is a pioneer study of contemporary Nigeria's most controversial new religious movement known as Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS). After discussing the biography of the charismatic and enigmatic founder and leader of the movement, the book examines its beliefs and practices and the social and religious impact they have had on its thousands of adherents who come from all social strata in Africa, the Americas, Europe, India, and the West Indies, many of them drawn from mainline Christian churches. Attention is paid to the way the founder of BCS reinterprets familiar Christian doctrines. The book ends with a chapter in which the author applies to BCS certain theories from the Sociology of Religion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1992-03-01
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt480 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in the Intercultural History of Christianity
Antal sidor350
FörlagPeter Lang GmbH
ISBN9783631441817

Tillhör följande kategorier

Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

The Author: Friday M. Mbon was born in Nigeria. He holds degrees from Andrews University, U.S.A. (B.A., M.A.), University of Calgary, Canada (M.A.), McGill University, Canada (S.T.M.), and the University of Ottawa, Canada (Ph.D.). He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, where he teaches the Sociology of Religion, World Religions, and Comparative Religion, and where he once served as Associate Dean of Arts. During the 1990-1991 academic year, he spent his sabbatical researching and teaching at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.