Africa as the Theatre of Christian Engagement with Islam in the Nineteenth Century

AFRICA AS THE THEATRE OF CHRISTIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH ISLAM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY ANDREW F. WALLS (University of Edinburgh and Princeton Theological Seminary) The nineteenth-century encounter between Europe and India was notable for the long and close engagement of Christianity in its Western form and the traditional religious culture of India, with momentous consequences for both. The missionary impact, more than any other single factor, led the West into realms beyond all its previous experi- ence. The nineteenth century encounter with Islam, by contrast, was often shaped, not in the sphere of active engagement between Christian and Muslim, but

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