Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of Kimbanguism, founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921. Compares it to other African-initiated churches, and examines its role, alongside other global religious movements, in Black liberation.
Trade Review“This book is a refreshing, in-depth scholarly and empathetic analysis of Kimbanguism, a movement considered to be one of the most enduring African-initiated churches on the continent and in the African diaspora. Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot brilliantly explores how Kimbanguists engage the Bible on issues of ultimate and secular concerns, and he eloquently combines an insider’s knowledge with deep scholarly insights to produce an excellent book that illuminates what the movement means today for Africans and the world at large.”
—Jacob Olupona,author of City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: General Background
Chapter 1. Europe in Africa
Chapter 2. African responses: the birth of African Christianities
Chapter 3. Kimbanguism as a Social Movement
Part Two: Kimbanguism and the Bible
Chapter 4. The Three Sources of Kimbanguist Theology
Chapter 5. The Identity of Simon Kimbangu in Contemporary Kimbanguist Faith
Chapter 6. The Field of Miraculous Healing
PartThree: Expressions of Kimbanguist Messianism
Chapter 7. Kimbanguist Prophetism, Messianism, and Millennarianism
Chapter 8. A Theology of Identity Reconstruction in a Global Context
Chapter 9. Reclaiming Kimbangu’s Prophetic heritage
Notes
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
