Spirituality and History Mission Studies - Church and Cultures Western missionaries

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was trained as a patrologist and historian

well-grounded

"Forest relates in his introduction that the purpose of this book is to help revive the once common practice of confession among Christians

These discussions tellingly reveal both the vitality of traditional African religions

Spirituality and History Mission Studies - Church and Cultures Western missionariesShows how and why our understanding of spirituality must take into account the historical factors that have shaped it. Sheldrakes approach does not just take spiritual traditions at face value, but attempts to uncover the cultural and socially defined questions that were being posed. He attends to the underside of history, examining groups and movements, such as the Beguines, that have been marginalized in standard histories of Christianity. Philip