Reference no: EM133457670
ASSIGNMENT:
Readings:
*Andrew Rice, "Mission from Africa," The New York Times, April 12, 2009.
*David Masci, "Why has Pentecostalism Grown So Dramatically in Latin America?"
Pew Research Center, November 14, 2014.
Strayer
1. How was European imperial expansion related to the spread of Christianity?
2. In what ways did European Christianity in Spanish America merge with Native American religious and cultural practices (a process referred to as religious syncretism)?
3. What impact did Western education have on colonial societies?
4. Why was Christianity appealing to non-Muslim Africans living in colonial societies?
5. Why did missionary teaching and practice also generate conflict and opposition?
6. How did European Christianity mix with traditional African religious and cultural practices (another example of religious syncretism)?
Isidore articles (Provide specific evidence from the Isidore readings in answering these questions.)
7. How is the process of Christian revival reversing itself in today's world? (Rice and Masci article)
8. How is Christianity practiced differently in Africa? How does this practice reflect religious syncretism?
9. What is the Redeemed Church's primary appeal in Nigeria?
10. Why has Pentecostalism grown so dramatically in Latin America in recent years and who is attracted to it?