Traditional Religion And Christian Faith
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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 in Biblical Perspective
Author | : Richard J. Gehman |
Publsiher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 9966253548 |
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UNSPOKEN
Author | : Joseph Dele Tunji |
Publsiher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2022-05-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781645841364 |
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Unspoken: Exposing the Silent yet Critical Persuasion of African Traditional Religion has an enormous unshakable influence on the African Christian churches, both in Africa and Diaspora. This book is a well-researched masterpiece on African traditional religion and Christianity. It exposes the problem of syncretism and paganism in religious practices--emphasizes Christianity as exclusively faith in Jesus Christ and the finished work on the cross. African traditional religion is an organized religion, indigenous in nature, and unique in structure. It combines African tradition and religion. Thus, it becomes difficult for Africans, not to demonstrate some traits of rooted African traditional religion in their practice of Christianity. This book also looked at the dilemma of linguistic study in the use of Western Christian terminologies for African traditional religion. Two important terminologies that frequently occur in the West are the separation of "state" and of "church." If these terms are not redefined, they will make no sense to the African culture because African "tribe territories" are not the same as the Western "states." African traditional religion was passed down collectively through oral tradition, and the tradition may not be overtly displayed but is always hidden within the individuals.
Resolving the Prevailing Conflicts Between Christianity and African Igbo Traditional Religion Through Inculturation
Author | : Edwin Anaegboka Udoye |
Publsiher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783643901163 |
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For not integrating initially some of the good elements in Igbo culture, many Igbo Christians have double personality - Christian personality and traditional personality. They are Christians on Sundays but traditionalists on weekdays. To combat such an anomalous situation, in imitation of Christ's effort at completing what was lacking in the Jewish religion, author Edwin Udoye proposes radical inculturation. His book equally contains many serious theological reflections such that it recommends itself to both theologians and the scholars researching on the religions of the world. Udoye has therefore made a very significant contribution worthy of commendation to both theological and religious studies.
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.
Elements of African Traditional Religion
Author | : Elia Shabani Mligo |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2013-08-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781625640703 |
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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 the African natives 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 Traditional Religion and Christianity
Author | : Chukwudum Barnabas Okolo |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : IND:30000048073666 |
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Inculturation as Dialogue
Author | : Chibueze C. Udeani |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789401204606 |
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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.