The Role of Women in Society Today
gwestminster theological college | Course: African church | Reading response reference from Mark Shaw “ the kingdom of God in Africa” (pages 75-106) | | Kathuruh victor Mbalu | 2/27/2013 |
Lecturer: rev. happy Robert [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] |
Section One: Outline (chapter five and six) I. The kingdom of Allah and Mungu II. Islam and African religion in the middle ages. A. The kingdom of Allah: early expansion of Islam, 600-1000. 1. Islam’s beginnings. 2. The four caliphs and the succession struggle. 3. Oral and written Islam. 4. Muslim missions in the ninth and tenth centuries. B. Islam in the high middle ages, 1000-1600. 1. Slaves and messiahs in the high middle ages. 2. Islamic expansion into West Africa in the eleventh century. 3. Islam and East Africa. 4. The survival of Africa Christianity. 5. Theocratic and messianic longings. C. African Kingdom in West and Central Africa. 1. The pattern of the great king. 2. African cities in the middle Ages. 3. Early kingdom building: Ghana. 4. King Tenkaminen and the Soninke Kingdom of Ghana (900-1100). 5. The kingdom of Mali (1200-1400). 6. The kingdom of Songhay (1400-1600). 7. The central Sudanic kingdoms. 8. Kingdoms on the coast: Oyo and Benin. D. The city – states of East and Southern Africa. 1. Merchant kingdoms on the coast. 2. Inland kingdoms. 3. Great Zimbabwe and Shona kingdoms. 4. Zulu kingdoms. E. The internal kingdom: Kingdom Worship in ATR. 1. Kingship and kingship. 2. Priestly role of king. 3. Divine character of the king. F. Conclusions: Islam, ATR, and the Kingdom of Christ. III. Crumbling kingdoms IV. Nubia collapse and Ethiopian Survival. A.
Lecturer: rev. happy Robert [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] |
Section One: Outline (chapter five and six) I. The kingdom of Allah and Mungu II. Islam and African religion in the middle ages. A. The kingdom of Allah: early expansion of Islam, 600-1000. 1. Islam’s beginnings. 2. The four caliphs and the succession struggle. 3. Oral and written Islam. 4. Muslim missions in the ninth and tenth centuries. B. Islam in the high middle ages, 1000-1600. 1. Slaves and messiahs in the high middle ages. 2. Islamic expansion into West Africa in the eleventh century. 3. Islam and East Africa. 4. The survival of Africa Christianity. 5. Theocratic and messianic longings. C. African Kingdom in West and Central Africa. 1. The pattern of the great king. 2. African cities in the middle Ages. 3. Early kingdom building: Ghana. 4. King Tenkaminen and the Soninke Kingdom of Ghana (900-1100). 5. The kingdom of Mali (1200-1400). 6. The kingdom of Songhay (1400-1600). 7. The central Sudanic kingdoms. 8. Kingdoms on the coast: Oyo and Benin. D. The city – states of East and Southern Africa. 1. Merchant kingdoms on the coast. 2. Inland kingdoms. 3. Great Zimbabwe and Shona kingdoms. 4. Zulu kingdoms. E. The internal kingdom: Kingdom Worship in ATR. 1. Kingship and kingship. 2. Priestly role of king. 3. Divine character of the king. F. Conclusions: Islam, ATR, and the Kingdom of Christ. III. Crumbling kingdoms IV. Nubia collapse and Ethiopian Survival. A.