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Author : Tokunboh Adeyemo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000066119672
Author : Rodney L. Reed,David K. Ngaruiya
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839739293
“What must I do to be saved?” That question, raised in the book of Acts by the Philippian jailer, is a question for the ages. Yet what, even, does it mean to be saved? Is salvation for this life or the next? Is it purely spiritual or does it have physical and material implications? Can salvation be lost? Do we determine who will be saved or does God? What role does Christ play in salvation? Such are the seemingly unending questions soteriology strives to answer. In this eighth volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, African theologians articulate their understanding of salvation – and its widespread implications for life and practice – in conversation with Scripture and the rich diversity of an African cultural context. Salvation is examined from historical, philosophical, and theological lenses, and scholars address topics as wide-ranging as conversion, ethnicity, fertility, poverty, prosperity, the Trinity, exclusivism, African Pentecostalism, rural community, eschatology, wholeness, and atonement. It is a powerful exploration of the holistic nature of salvation as articulated in Scripture and understood by the African church.
Author : David Tonghou Ngong
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 1433109417
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Baylor University, 2007 under title: The material in salvific discourse: a study of two Christian perspectives.
Author : Kä Mana
Publisher : OCMS
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1870345274
Author : Samson Adetunji Fatokun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Christianity
ISBN : IND:30000134345853
Author : Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Anlo (African people)
ISBN : 3631571666
In the words of John Paul II, «A faith which does not become culture is a faith that has not been received, not thoroughly thought (through), nor fully lived out». It is for this reason that inculturation hermeneutics has become a useful reflective tool for many African students of Theology. In this work, the author argues that the concept of salvation in evangelical Christian thought as postulated in the works of the French Reformer John Calvin and that of African Traditional Religions do not connote the same idea nor lead to the same goals. In spite of the basic differences, he states that symbols, metaphors and some practices from the traditional religions of Africa can be employed as hermeneutical tools for the explanation of concepts of the Christian faith. The author therefore concludes that the Anlo-Ewe traditional religious practice of nugbidodo-ritual reconciliation best explains Christian salvation as man's reconciliation with God and constitutes a basis for the healing, deliverance, and a socio-economic advancement of the individual and the entire community.
Author : Douglas E. Thomas
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476620190
African traditional religion encompasses a variety of non-dogmatic, spiritual practices followed by millions around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the Nubian religion of Egypt's Dynastic Period. In an expanded second edition, this book examines the nature of African traditional religion and describes common attributes of various cultural belief systems, with an emphasis on West Africa. Principal elements studied include sacrifice, salvation and culture, modes of revelation, divination, and African resilience in the face of invasion and colonization. The religious experiences of black people throughout the Americas are also covered. The author finds the cosmology, symbolism and rituals of the Yoruba culture to be the fundamental bases of African traditional religion, and draws similarities between the oral and written literature of West Africans and that of New World practitioners. The influence of Islam and Christianity is also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Richard J. Gehman
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9966253548
Author : Chibueze C. Udeani
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401204606
Although Africa is today often seen, because of its large number of Christians, as the future hope of the Church, a closer examination of African Christianity, however, shows that the Christian faith has not taken deep root in Africa. Many Africans today declare themselves to be Christians but still remain followers of their traditional African religions, especially in matters concerning the inner dimensions of their lives. It is evident that, in strictly personal matters relating to such issues as passage rites and crises, most Africans turn to their African traditional religions. As an incarnational faith, part of the history of Christianity has been its encounter with other cultures and its becoming deeply rooted in some of these cultures. The central question remains: Why has the Christian faith not taken deep root in Africa? This volume is concerned with answering this question.
Author : Yusufu Turaki
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783688418
In a world of increasing globalization, we live amidst a clash of cultures, religions, and worldviews – each battling for the human heart and mind. In this in-depth study, Yusufu Turaki offers a theological framework for engaging this clash of perspectives in Africa, where traditional African religions, colonialism, and exposure to Christianity have each had a lasting impact on contemporary African worldviews. Professor Turaki undertakes a systematic analysis of the nature of African Traditional Religion, its complex history with Christianity, and the need for African Christian theology to address its cultural and historical roots effectively. He provides both a conceptual framework and practical guide for engaging African cultures and religions with compassion, understanding, and a firm foundation rooted in scriptural truth. This book is an excellent resource for students of religion and theology, as well as those interested in Africa’s traditional heritage or drawn to the important work of cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.
Author : Cornelius Olowola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015052671370
This book provides a new, constructive and critical approach to African traditional religion, from the standpoint of Christian faith.
Author : J. N. Kanyua Mugambi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112865865
Author : P. N. Wachege
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Demonology
ISBN : IND:30000067208722
Author : Nya Kwiawon Taryor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015020723865
Author : Peter Acho Awoh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789956578214
This book critically discusses missionary Christianity and colonization in Africa as twin enterprises with a common ambition. While the colonialist set out to invest capital and reap profit, the missionary desire was to tend and turn African souls from damnation. It was this desire that drove the missionaries into the interior, propelled by the belief that no land was too remote to escape their attention and vigilance. It equally kept missionary zeal buoyant. The clarification of the concept of salvation within the Roman Catholic Church during the Vatican II Council set in motion the current lethargy that has in some places crippled the mission itself. In retrospect, one can begin to wonder why Africans became Christians. What reasons motivated the early adherents to cling to this foreign religion? Were there some internal deficiencies in African traditional religions, which the Africans hoped to remedy by joining the new religion? Or was it just part of the wholesale flirting with whatever was foreign and perceived to be modern? What baits were used by the missionaries to entice Africans? Christianity posed a danger to many of the time-honoured answers to African problems. These were the 'values' Africans converting to Christianity were expected to abandon. Why have Christians continually returned to their abandoned roots in time of crisis? This moving, well argued, richly documented and empirically substantiated study concludes by cautioning against the stubborn drive at radical conversion to Christianity with scant regard to the imperatives of enculturation.