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Christianity and African Culture
Author | : J. N. Kanyua Mugambi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105112865865 |
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African Traditional Religion and the Christian Faith
Author | : Cornelius Olowola |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : UOM:39015052671370 |
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This book provides a new, constructive and critical approach to African traditional religion, from the standpoint of Christian faith.
African Traditional Religion Encounters Christianity
Author | : John Chitakure |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2017-11-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781498244190 |
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Right from the beginning of humankind, God has never deprived a people of his grace and revelation. In fact, God uses people's environment and culture to communicate his will. There is no single religion that can claim to have the exclusive possession of God's revelation, for God is too immense to be confined within one faith. Hence, it was erroneous, blasphemous, and misleading for some of the early Christian missionaries to Africa to claim that they had brought God to Africa, a mentality that implied the non-existence of God in Africa before their arrival. Of course, God was already in Africa, but the missionaries either failed to discern his presence or just disregarded the traces of his existence. This book explores the religious beliefs, practices, and values of the indigenous people of Africa at the time of the early missionaries' arrival, with particular reference to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It also evaluates the extent of the missionarie's successes and challenges in converting Africans to Christianity. It finally surveys how African Christians have remained attached to the indigenous religious beliefs that used to provide answers to their existential questions.
Concepts of God in Africa
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Author | : John S. Mbiti |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9966888314 |
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The Bible and African Culture
Author | : Humphrey Waweru |
Publsiher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2012-03-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789966040091 |
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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.
Elements of African Traditional Religion
Author | : Elia Shabani Mligo |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2013-08-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781621898245 |
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African Traditional religion (ATR) is one of the world religions with a great people and a great past. It is embraced by Africans within and outside the continent despite the various ethnic religious practices and beliefs. This book highlights and discusses the common elements which introduce African Traditional Religion as one unified religion and not a collection of religions. The major focus of the book is discussing the need for studying ATR in twenty-first-century Africa whereby globalization and multi-culture are prominent phenomena. Why should we study the religion of indigenous Africans in this age? In response to this question, the book argues that since ATR is part of the African people's culture, there is a need to understand this cultural background in order to contextualize Christian theology. Using some illustrations from Nyumbanitu worship shrine located at Njombe in Tanzania, the book purports that there is a need to understand African people's worldview, their understanding of God, their religious values, symbols and rituals in order to enhance meaningful dialogue between Christianity and African people's current worldview. In this case, the book is important for students of comparative religion in universities and colleges who strive to understand the various religions and their practices.
African Religions
Author | : Jacob K. Olupona |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199790586 |
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This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.
Inculturation as Dialogue
Author | : Chibueze C. Udeani |
Publsiher | : Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789042022294 |
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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.