A Reader in African Christian Theology
Author : John Parratt
Publisher : Iacademic Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Reader in African Christian Theology
Author : John Parratt
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 1987-12-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780281050475
Book Description
African Christian Theology
Author : Samuel Waje Kunhiyop
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310107121
Book Description
Christian theology evolves out of questions that are asked in a particular situation about how the Bible speaks to that situation. This book, African Christian Theology, is written to address questions that arise from the African context. It is intended to help students and others discover how theology affects our minds, our hearts, and our lives. As such, it speaks not only to Africans but to all who seek to understand and live out their faith in their own societies. Samuel Kunyihop understands both biblical theology and the African worldview and throws light on areas where they overlap, where they diverge, and why this matters. He explores traditional African understandings of God and how he reveals himself, the African understanding of sin and way the Bible sees sin, and how the work of Christ can be understood in African terms. The treatment of Christian living focuses on matters that are relevant to Christians in Africa and elsewhere, dealing with topics such as blessings and curses and the role of the church as a Christian community. The book concludes with a discussion of biblical thinking on death and the afterlife in which it also addresses the role traditionally ascribed to African ancestors.
Reinventing Christianity
Author : John Parratt
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802841139
Book Description
Follownig an introduction that charts the growth and development of African theology, Parratt examines the differing theological assumptions and methodologies throughout the continent. He also shows how Africans are rethinking the central dogmas of the Christian faith - Scripture, God, christology, the church, and eschatology - and evaluates Africa's political theologies, giving special attention to theological approaches to African socialism and to South African black theology.
Bible and Theology in African Christianity
Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
In this book, the well-known Kenyan theologian, John Mbiti, takes the reader on a pilgrimage of the mind and spirit as he examines the phenomenon of Christianity in Africa. This is a fascinating form of the Christian faith, combining certain characteristics of apostolic Christianity with the realities of African life in the present. It is fresh and fragile, dynamic, and domineering. It echoes the experiences of the early church while at the same time responding forcefully to the situation of today. The author explains how this form of Christianity while leaning heavily on the religious culture and background of the African peoples, seeks and finds its legitimation in the bible. He illustrates that it is both deeply African and committedly ecumenical and universal. A 16-page section of the photographs vividly underlines the theme.
African Theology Today
Author : Emmanuel M. Katongole
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725232928
Book Description
This book brings together twelve essays on a wide and rich range of topics, discussions and methodologies in African theology today. Even the book's limitations provide an insight into the situation: its variety also indicates the absence of comprehensive and sustained discussion flowing from the economic and institutional limitation of Africa where research in theology is often beyond the means of many theologians. Then there is the difficulty of staying abreast of continually changing contexts and events in Africa itself. For all of these reasons then, a compelling introduction to a dynamic analysis and conversation.
Early North African Christianity
Author : David L. Eastman
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493431323
Book Description
An internationally recognized scholar highlights the important role the North African church played in the development of Christian thought. This accessible introduction brings Africa back to the center of the study of Christian history by focusing on key figures and events that influenced the history and trajectory of Christianity as a whole. Written and designed for the classroom, the book zeroes in on five turning points to show how North African believers significantly shaped Christian theology, identity, and practice in ways that directly impact the church today.
Theology Brewed in an African Pot
Author : Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 14,29 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1608331008
Book Description
An intriguing introduction to Christian doctrine from an African perspective. Using a framework of excerpts from Chinua Achebe's well-known novel, Things Fall Apart, the author introduces the major themes of Christian doctrine: God, Trinity, creation, grace and sin, Jesus Christ, church, Mary, the saints, inculturation, and spirituality. While explaining basic Christian beliefs, Theology Brewed in an African Pot also clarifies the differences between an African view of religion and a more Eurocentric understanding of religion. Very accessible and engaging, each of the eleven short chapters ends with three discussion questions followed by one or two African prayers.
Christian Reflection in Africa
Author : Paul Bowers
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1783684453
Book Description
This reference collection presents academic reviews of more than twelve-hundred contemporary Africa-related publications relevant for informed Christian reflection in and about Africa. The collection is based on the review journal BookNotes for Africa, a specialist resource dedicated to bringing to notice such publications, and furnishing them with a one-paragraph description and evaluation. Now assembled here for the first time is the entire collection of reviews through the first thirty issues of the journal’s history. The core intention, both of the journal and of this compilation, is to encourage and to facilitate informed Christian reflection and engagement in Africa, through a thoughtful encounter with the published intellectual life of the continent. Reviews have been provided by a team of more than one hundred contributors drawn from throughout Africa and overseas. The books and other media selected for review represent a broad cross-section of interests and issues, of personalities and interpretations, including the secular as well as the religious. The collection will be of special interest to academic scholars, theological educators, libraries, ministry leaders, and specialist researchers in Africa and throughout the world, but will also engage any reader looking for a convenient resource relating to modern Africa and Christian presence there.
Theology and Identity
Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : OCMS
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781870345101
Book Description
This book is all about Jesus.nbsp;The words recorded in it were written about Jesus over 2000 years ago. Yet today his message of peace hope love and forgiveness still resonates with people of all races nationalities educational and economic backgrounds. Some like what he said while others disagree with what he said. But almost everyone finds him intriguing. nbsp;The story of Jesus comes to us from four different authors Matthew Mark Luke and John written over a period of nearly seventy years. The message and uniqueness of Jesus remain the same but each author tells the story from his perspective and for his purpose. Some writers wrote more; others wrote less. nbsp;But what if we could read it as one single story from beginning to end This book does just that by combining the four reports of Jesusrsquo; life into a single chronological story.nbsp;Through this book you will take a new look at Jesus his life his miracles and his teachings and be able to come to your own conclusion about him.nbsp;Produced in cooperation with the International Bible Society.
