Author: Emmanuel Martey
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608991253
Size: 48.95 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Two major strands of theology have developed in Africa--inculturation and liberation--each in response to different needs. Emmanuel Martey's African Theology provides a clear, scholarly examination of these two basic approaches, solidly based on Martey's understanding of contemporary theology and his firsthand knowledge of Africa.Martey first examines the historical background of each of these theological developments, especially relating to cultural and political movements enveloping the continent in the 1970s. In sub-Saharan Africa, struggles for independence from colonizers have resulted in inculturation theology. The defining aspect of this theology is that it pushes its roots firmly in African culture and traditions. In South Africa, on the other hand, Black Africans struggling against the oppressive systems of apartheid have turned to liberation theology.Martey shows how the real hope for African theology lies in the dialectical encounter between these two approaches and in their potential for convergence. "The two foci (of liberation and inculturation)," Martey says, "are not contradictory, but complement each other." African Theology concludes by challenging African theologians to weld together the praxis of inculturation with that of liberation, in order to achieve an integrative vision for the continent.
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Author: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110834278
Size: 48.96 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 391
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Author: Charles Kanyari Ndanyu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 45.89 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Author: Yusufu Turaki
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781096310846
Size: 48.62 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 209
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Yusufu Turaki Foundation and Otakada.org PublishingFoundations of African TraditionalReligion and WorldviewRevised Edition 2019Yusufu TurakiThis book is an introduction to the foundations of African traditional religions and worldview. The theological basis of the traditional belief- in (1) gods, (2) divinities and (3) spirits are examined. These beliefs are defined and interpreted in the light of (1) the traditional religious worldview and (2) with some clarifications from the Biblical and Christian theology. The theological implications of these traditional beliefs and worldview are essential for developing and formulating a relevant Biblical and Christian theology in Africa. The traditional theological, philosophical and moral and ethical foundations and the nature and meaning of man are analysed and examined.
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Author: Samuel Ngewa
Publisher: East African Educ Press
ISBN:
Size: 48.14 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Christian theologians in Africa are faced with three conflicting worlds: Christian faith, African culture and modern culture. In spite of the commitment of Christian theologians to live by biblical teaching, there is a tendency for them to become involved with issues in their environments, causing tension. The salient issues confronting Christianity in Africa are examined from an evangelical standpoint. Eighteen African scholars, from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, together with colleagues from the US, contribute perspectives grouped into four parts: The Task of African Christian Theology; The Foundations of African Christian Theology; Christ and the Salvation in African Christian Theology; and The Spirit, the Church and the Future in African Christian Theology.
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Author: Edward P. Antonio
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820467351
Size: 48.21 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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What is inculturation? How is it practiced and what is its relationship to colonial and postcolonial discourses? In what ways, if any, does inculturation represent the decolonization of Christianity in Africa? This book explores these questions and argues that inculturation is a species of postcolonial discourse by placing it in the larger context of what has now come to be known as Africanism and by showing how the latter - and through it inculturation itself - fully participates in the history of postcolonial struggles for indigenous self-definition in Africa. The thirteen contributors to this volume represent a group of young scholars from the southern, eastern, and western regions of Africa. They come from different disciplines: theology, philosophy, and biblical studies. Although they take different approaches to the question of inculturation, the fact that they engage it at all is illustrative of the methodological significance of inculturation in African theology.
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Author: Josiah Ulysses Young
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Size: 56.25 MB
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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This reference provides a thorough survey of the theology of and from Africa. Young begins with a narrative overview of the history of African theology. The bibliographic entries that follow are grouped in topical chapters. Included are entries for books and articles. While most of the sources are in English, a number of French works are included. The entries treat works published from 1955 to 1992, and each entry includes a descriptive and evaluative annotation. The volume concludes with name, title, and subject indexes.
