{"product_id":"nkeiruka-critical-essays-in-the-mission-history-of-seventh-day-adventism-in-nigeria-paperback","title":"Nkeiruka: Critical Essays in the Mission History of Seventh-Day Adventism in Nigeria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChigemezi Nnadozie Wogu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eD. J. B. Trim\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eGabriel Masfa\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNkeiruka\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003e\"the future is brighter\"\u003c\/i\u003e) is a collection of critical essays that offers a fresh historiographical reflection on the history of Seventh-day Adventist mission in Nigeria. It is a result of years of historical research, archival work in Europe, the United States, and Nigeria, and a series of scholarly articles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book challenges conventional mission narratives that portray expansion as a seamless, top-down process. Instead, it highlights uncertainty, improvisation, and local agency. Aside from the efforts of foreign missionaries, this book argues that Nigerian Adventism often grew unevenly through grassroots choices by teachers, converts, and indigenous leaders who adapted Adventist faith to cultural, political, and social realities. From the pioneering missions of the early 1900s, through the colonial era, to post-independence nationalism and the civil war, the book demonstrates how contextual pressures shaped Adventism's indigenization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thematically, \u003ci\u003eNkeiruka\u003c\/i\u003e frames history through \"eschatological optimism,\" the Adventist belief in Christ's second coming, which transforms setbacks into part of a hopeful trajectory. This collection of critical essays emphasizes Adventism's distinct and confessionally grounded journey. At the same time, it calls mission historians to move beyond nostalgia toward critical reflection and anticipatory vision, affirming that the promise of faith lies not only in the past but in the brighter future ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChigemezi Nnadozie Wogu is a Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Germany. He is also a postdoc researcher at the Theological University in Utrecht, the Netherlands, related to the German Adventist mission project, \"Zukunft Berlin.\" He is author of \u003ci\u003eContesting Heritage: Worship, Culture and Seventh-day Adventists in a Pentecostalising Nigerian Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand co-editor of \u003ci\u003eContours of European Adventism\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Routledge Handbook of African Seventh-day Adventism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45105583980623,"sku":"9798385257546","price":37.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/exqGlvTBy79798385257546.webp?v=1776414156","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/nkeiruka-critical-essays-in-the-mission-history-of-seventh-day-adventism-in-nigeria-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}