FROM JERUSALEM TO EVERY COAST - CHURCH HISTORY

Steven Paas, Christianity in Eurafrica: A History of the Church in Europe and Africa, Washington DC: New Academia Publishing (NAP), February 2017; Wellington (South Africa): Christian Literature Fund (CLF), March 2016.

https://www.newacademia.com/books/christianity-in-eurafrica-a-history-of-the-church-in-europe-and-africa/ ?and https://clf.co.za/product/christianity-in-eurafrica/ ;

https://www.amazon.com/CHRISTIANITY-EURAFRICA-History-Church-Europe/dp/0998147729

Eurafrica

Nothing has bound Africa and Europe more together than the history of Christianity. From Paradise onwards the Church has been the communion of believers. As the Body of Jesus Christ she started in Jerusalem. Through the proclamation of the Gospel soon she reached parts of Africa and the Atlantic Coasts, from where – after the Middle Ages and particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries –?she deeply rooted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, in post-modern times African Christianity is being challenged to re-plant the Church in secularized Europe.

About the book

Christianity in Eurafrica is an impressive book, meticulously researched and well written by a professional scholar. The first chapter includes some valuable historiographical guidelines for writing and understanding the History of the Church. In its first part, the book traces the history of the Church in the Middle East and Europe, explaining the roots of theological diversity to this day. In the second part, the author narrates how the Faith moved south, took root in African soil and grew independently. Many pictures and illustrations serve to further enliven the account. Paas, taught Theology in Malawi for many years. He writes from a deep knowledge of and love for the Lord's Church, especially in Africa and Europe. This combined historical survey of European and African Christianity may serve as a textbook as it fits in the curriculae of institutions of theological training in Africa and the West. The content is especially geared to students, who prepare for the ministry and for Christian education.

Dr. Gideon van der Watt, Mission Administrator Dutch Reformed Church Family

Reviews

-T.J. Marinello, in: ?Journal of Global Christianity (in English, Chinese, French, Persian, Russian, and Spanish) https://trainingleadersinternational.org/jgc/97/christianity-in-eurafrica-a-history-of-the-church-in-europe-and-africa

-Jaap van Slageren, in: Exchange 1-9-2017, https://brill.com/view/journals/exch/46/3/article-p307_307.xml

?See too:

-Steven Paas, ‘The Communion of Saints: Church and Authority among Presbyterian and Separatist English Puritans 1570-1593’. ?Summary in English on p. 385-408 of Doctoral Thesis in Dutch: De Gemeenschap der Heiligen: Kerk en gezag bij Presbyteriaanse en Separatistische Engelse Puriteinen 1570-1593, Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum, 1996 [430 pages; ISBN 9789-023-91182-1]. Click here for a free download: theoluniv.ub.rug.nl/524/1/1996 Paas.pdf ?

-Idem, A Conflict on Authority in the Early African Church: Augustine and the Donatists, Zomba: Kachere, 2005/ first 2000 [African Books Collective, ISBN: 99908.76.07.X] https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/a-conflict-on-authority-in-the-early-african-church

-Idem, Digging out the Ancestral Church: Researching and Communicating Church History, Zomba: Kachere, third ed. 2006, first 2000, 2002 [114 pages; ISBN: 99908-76-66-5] https://www.amazon.com/Digging-Out-Ancestral-Church-Communicating/dp/9990876665/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 ; ??https://www.scm-shop.de/digging-out-the-ancestral-church.html

-Idem, A Conflict on the Church and the Sacraments: How Rome and the Reformation Differed at Regensburg in 1541, Zomba: Kachere, 2006 [African Books Collective, ISBN 99908-76-64-9/ 99908-76-60-6 https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/a-conflict-on-the-church-and-the-sacraments

-Idem, From Galilee to the Atlantic: A History of the Church in the West, Zomba: Kachere, 2006 (first 2004). Included in Christianity in Eurafrica (2017) as its part 1.

-Idem, The Faith Moves South: A History of the Church in Africa, Zomba: Kachere, 2006. Included in Christianity in Eurafrica (2017) as its part 2.

?Idem, Ministers and Elders: The Birth of Presbyterianism, Zomba: Kachere, 2007 [African Books Collective, ISBN 978-99908-87-02-0]. https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/ministers-and-elders ; https://books.google.nl/books?id=ld-PAAAAMAAJ&dq=editions:ISBN9990887020&hl=nl

-Idem, Thomas Aquinas on Church and Office, Zomba: Kachere, 2007 [24 pages; ISBN: 978-99908-87-01-3].

-Idem, Luther on Jews and Judaism: A Review of his ‘Judenschriften’,??Zürich: LIT Verlag, 2017, https://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-90947-3 ; See: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/steven-paas-luther-jews-judaism-review-his-steven-paas/?trackingId=bLmnBlRCQTOOlkAscJX6hA%3D%3D

-Was Luther an Anisemite? Fanie Riekert reviews: Steven Paas, Luther on Jews and Judaism, in: Journal for Christian Scholarship: https://stevenpaas.chichewadictionary.org/reviews/Review_Luther_on_Jews_and_Judaism.pdf

-Was Luther een Antisemiet? Hans Reinders bespreekt: Luther on the Jews and Judaism https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/hans-reinders-over-luther-jews-judaism-review-his-steven-steven-paas/

-Steven Paas, Johannes Rebmann: A Servant of God in Africa Before the Rise of Western Colonialism. Second edition, May 2018, Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft (VKW) in Bonn and by Wipf & Stock, in Eugene, Oregon, USA. https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/birth-written-chichewa-steven-paas/?trackingId=orE1DeqDaWvDKomdRB7kMw%3D%3D ?For a translation in German, see: https://vkwonline.com/Johannes-Rebmann_1

-Idem, ‘African Christianity is on the Global Map’, ?Review of: Isabel Apawo Phiri and Dietrich Werner (chief editors),?Anthology of African Christianity, 1240 pages, Oxford: Regnum Books, 2016, in:?The Ecumenical Review, April 2019. https://stevenpaas.chichewadictionary.org/publications/Paas_Steven-Review_Anthology-in_TER-April_2019.pdf ; See: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/african-christianity-global-map-review-steven-paas-steven-paas/

-Idem, Review of: Kenneth R. Ross and Klaus Fiedler,?A Malawi Church History 1860-2020, Mzuni Press: Mzuzu 2020, African Books Collective: London 2020, in: Uthenga Magazine, May 2022 https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/book-malawi-church-history-review-steven-paas/?trackingId=IPHg5YYTSweDejbIkye6ag%3D%3D

-Idem, Review of: Mark Thiesen’s Dissertation on the Churches of Christ in Malawi, in:?Uthenga Magazine, 21-9-22. https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/review-mark-thiesens-dissertation-churches-christ-malawi-steven-paas/?published=t