TY - BOOK AU - Oden,Thomas C. TI - How Africa shaped the Christian mind: rediscovering the African seedbed of western Christianity SN - 9780830828753 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BR 1360 .O34 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Books KW - Christianity KW - Africa KW - Church history N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-204); The African seedbed of Western Christianity. A forgotten story ; Seven ways Africa shaped the Christian mind ; Defining Africa ; One faith, two Africas ; Temptations -- African orthodox recovery. The opportunity for retrieval ; How the blood of African martyrs became the seed of European Christianity ; Right remembering ; Seeking the reconciliation of Christianity and Islam through historical insight -- Appendix : the challenges of early African research ER -