Mapping Systematic Theology In Africa

Author : Ernst M Conradie,Charl E Fredericks
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781919980294

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Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa by Ernst M Conradie,Charl E Fredericks Pdf

The emergence of an indigenous African theology, especially since the 1960s is well-documented. A wealth of literature has been published in the context of African theology, especially over the last two or three decades. This indexed bibliography contains a number of publications in and for the African context specifically relevant to the fields of systematic theology and ethics.

Author : Charl E. Fredericks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 1919980377

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Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa by Charl E. Fredericks Pdf

An indexed bibliography for contributions in the field of systematic theology and ethics within the African context. For students doing post graduate research in these fields.

Author : Humphrey Waweru
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789966040091

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The Bible and African Culture by Humphrey Waweru Pdf

How can African theology survive the self-repetition of mere cultural apologia or contextualization-stereotypes, and mature into a critical theoretical discipline responding to the challenges of the postmodern world-order? Dr. Humphrey M. Wawe contributes here a sound theological reflection using the hitherto unused methodological paradigm of mapping the inroads in the transaction between the Bible and African culture.

Author : Rian Venter
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781920382919

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Theology and the (post)apartheid condition by Rian Venter Pdf

Knowledge transmission and generation belong to the core mission of the public university. In democratic South Africa, the transformation of these processes and practices in higher education has become an urgent and contested task. The Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State has already done some original work on the implications of these for theology. One area of investigation that has not yet received due attention concerns the role of theological disciplines, and especially the relation between academic disciplines and societal dynamics. This research project addresses the challenge and this volume reflects the intellectual endeavour of lectures, research fellows and a post-graduate student associated with the faculty. Each theological discipline has its own history and has already experienced reconstruction, both globally and in South Africa. Some of these genealogical developments and re-envisioning are mapped by the contributions in this volume. The critical questions addressed are: what are the contours of the (post)apartheid condition and what are the implications for responsible disciplinary practices in theology? The chapters convey an impression of the vitality of theology at the University of the Free State and in South Africa and give expression to fundamental shifts that have taken place in theological disciplines, and also of future tasks. This research project aims to stimulate reflection on responsible and innovative disciplinary practices of theology in South Africa, which, we envisage, will contribute to social justice and human flourishing. -Rian Venter, University of the Free State

Author : M. Christian Green,Muhammed Haron
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781928480570

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Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa by M. Christian Green,Muhammed Haron Pdf

This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa’s many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.

Author : Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8840134476

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The birth of systematic theology in contemporary black Africa. An investigation into new interpretations of the christian faith by the newly evangelized by Fortunatus Nwachukwu Pdf

Author : Ramesh Bharuthram,Larry Pokpas
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781990995002

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From Hope to Action through Knowledge by Ramesh Bharuthram,Larry Pokpas Pdf

Its November 2001. A university in dire straits, financially bankrupt burdening a debt in excess of R100-million, a disillusioned and demoralised staff complement still reeling from the trauma of retrenchments, coupled with an academic project facing collapse as student numbers dwindle by a third to less than 10 000. Is there a future for such an institution, described by some as a ‘basket case’ with very bleak prospects of survival? This was the landscape that confronted the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of the Western Cape. Fast forward to December 2014. The CEO retires from office, bestowing upon his successor a financially sound institution with a flourishing academic project, recording unprecedented achievements, enriching the lives of more than 20 000 students, and widely acknowledged as a research-led university. This book narrates how visionary leadership with the steadfast belief that your past does not determine your future, galvanised an entire organisation into believing that a better outcome was indeed achievable, and the will to move forward as a collective with a redefined purpose and commitment to achieve that which was once deemed impossible.

Author : Paul Bowers
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783684458

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Christian Reflection in Africa by Paul Bowers Pdf

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.

Author : Joshua Broggi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004298057

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Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning by Joshua Broggi Pdf

Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning makes an argument about the nature of interpretive conflicts in modern theology. Using two examples from World Christianity, it examines the hermeneutical changes wrought when scripture crosses cultural boundaries.

Author : E. M. Conradie
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783643903044

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Saving the Earth? by E. M. Conradie Pdf

Christians seeking to "save the Earth" have to relate creation to salvation by doing justice to both themes. This study explores the ambiguous legacy of the ways in which this challenge has been approached in the reformed tradition of Swiss, Dutch, and German origins and in the reception of this tradition in South Africa. The book focuses on the diverging interpretations of the category of "re-creation" in this regard. (Series: Studies in Religion and the Environment / Studien zur Religion und Umwelt - Vol. 8)

Author : Samuel Waje Kunhiyop
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783686940

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African Christian Theology by Samuel Waje Kunhiyop Pdf

God is eternal, but the questions we ask about him are always rooted in our own culture. Thus our understanding of theology is also rooted in our culture. Dr Samuel Kunhiyop is deeply aware of this, and so has produced African Christian Theology as a companion book to his African Christian Ethics. In this book, Dr Kunhiyop addresses many of the same issues mentioned in Western systematic theologies, but also addresses issues that are not mentioned in those books, including the spirit world, ancestors, and the power of blessings and curses. This book thus constitutes an excellent introduction to systematic theology in relation to the traditional African world view and to the Bible.

Author : Dirkie Smit
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920109639

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Essays in Public Theology by Dirkie Smit Pdf

What is the role of the church in society? What role did the church play in South Africa ? during apartheid, in the struggle against apartheid and during the period of transformation? The essays collected and published in this volume deal with questions such as these. They are all occasional pieces. They were written over two decades and reflect the times in which they originated ? always intended for specific audiences, always addressing issues of the particular moment.

Author : E. M. Conradie
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920109233

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Christianity and Ecological Theology by E. M. Conradie Pdf

There has been a proliferation of publications in the field of Christian ecological theology over the last three decades or so. These include a number of recent edited volumes, each covering a range of topics and consolidating many of the emerging insights in ecological theology. The call for Christian churches to respond to the environmental crisis has been reiterated numerous times in this vast corpus of literature, also in South Africa.

Author : Gerard Mannion
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567032867

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Church and Religious 'Other' by Gerard Mannion Pdf

Bringing together the prestigious speakers from the inaugural Church in Our Times Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope University, this volume explores key current affairs in ecclesiology.

Author : Ernst M. Conradie
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781920109530

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Angling for Interpretation by Ernst M. Conradie Pdf

The aim of this guide is to provide a first introduction to biblical, theological and contextual hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the subject that analyses the process of interpretation. One could say that hermeneutics is the theoretical study of interpretation. As a first introduction it is primarily aimed at first-year students, but church groups may also find it useful.