Description:
Explores the role and memory of Catholic Christians in west central Africa, called "Slaves of the Church," in missionary efforts from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Brief description: Elochukwu E. Uzukwu is Professor of Theology at Duquesne University. He is the author of six books, including God, Spirit, and Human Wholeness: Appropriating Faith and Culture in West African Style and A Listening Church: Autonomy and Communion in African Churches.
Review Quotes:
"This excellent and inventive monograph is a must read for theologians, African Christianity scholars, [and] historians of west and west central Africa, as well as Black Atlantic scholars generally."
--Adam Mohr Journal of World Christianity