African theology
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This article tries to understand the prosperity gospel in a way that enables us to distinguish what is valuable and what is not in this phenomenon. The article starts by recognizing the puzzling aspects of the prosperity gospel. Someone... more
How can one read Mark 5:1-43’s story from the multiple levels of post-colonial, feminist and HIV/AIDS perspectives? There are, no doubt, many ways of reading any text. But more importantly each of the above mentioned paradigm is a... more
The doctrine of the Trinity is often regarded as the inherent weakness of African Christian theology. This has to be understood in the light of African resistance against the colonising doctrine of the Trinity and thus the need to either... more
La parabole est un procédé oral par lequel, le maître, provoque l'auditeur à la réflexion. Il le provoque à trouver en lui-même solution à ses questions. Le maître fait appel à l'étonnement de ses auditeurs par le moyen de comparaisons... more
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... more
The paper explorers the trope of travel and the power relations associated with travelling and travelers. It uses John 1 to explore a reading from the perspective of immigration. Postcolonial theory is employed.
Insofar as public theology is one of several contextual theologies in the world that is focused on and limited to specific contexts, its raison d'être may be understandable. But we argue that if or since public theology has ambitions to... more
When God completed his creation in Genesis he declared it very good. If this be the case, how come the decay, suffering and pain that we witness in the world today? In truth, the problem of suffering or pain is not new. It is one of the... more
This article explores how mission, forgiveness, and reconciliation have shaped the ministry and work of Desmond Tutu. As much as space permits, it tries to glean the ways in which Tutu has lived out his understanding of mission,... more
Focusing on African Christian theology, this paper builds on the taxonomy of African political theology provided by Emmanuel Katongole whose conception of African political theology locates it within the context of the nation state. The... more
Au début de la célébration dans le rite zaïrois, le prêtre invite l’assemblée à invoquer les saints et ancêtres au cœur droit. C'est cette invocation qui sera analysée en essayant d'en justifier les fondements théologiques et... more
This essay studies the moral values and practical relevance of the South African concept of Ubuntu in the process of rethinking Black African theological ethics and Black African theological anthropology. Toward this goal, we examine the... more
This is a select bibliography on the topic.
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Though the Christian faith has in recent years increasingly shown itself to be a truly African religion, a variety of African authors such as Kä Mana, George Kinoti, Hannah Kinoti, August Shutte and Efoé Julien Penoukou have noted that... more
It is an applied christian exegesis. The conference took care to make a reading of Genesis 22 for a pastoral facing the pagan syncretism in the today african context. Trata-se de uma conferência feita em contexto pastoral em ordem a uma... more
The Notion and Message of the Kingdom of God was deep in the Jewish tradition to which Jesus was born into and in which he grew. Jesus in his earthly ministry took up the preaching of this message and revolutionalized it from what his... more
Qui organise aujourd'hui des funérailles catholiques à Abomey, dans le sud du Bénin? Comment, pourquoi, et dans quelles conditions? Voici quelques-unes des questions auxquelles ce texte s'efforce de répondre, en replaçant ce cas dans la... more
In the Sukuma language of the Sukuma Ethnic Group in Western Tanzania there is a proverb: "Mbuli ya kitambo ikachaga yumela." The English translation is: "The sacrificial goat dies while screaming in anguish." This proverb... more
Scholars have rightly recognized the importance of Paul’s collection for the poor Christians in Jerusalem, and the fact that it is something to which he dedicated much of his time and energy. Paul’s collections amongst the churches he... more
This collection of chapters proposes various ways of mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in theological education.
The struggles for environmental and gender justice have challenged how theology is done in Africa. This article framed within the context of continuous search for life-giving African Christianity, argues that a radical relational... more
In this age and time, scholarship on African indigenous science and medicine is very scanty, if at all in existence. Humanity populates new ideas, thrash old customs, and refine moribund cultures. The quest for new elite culture has... more
- by Olusegun Soetan
- Africana Studies, African theology, African history, African culture, African politics, African education, Afrocentrism, African-Centred Education, Black Psychology, Black Sociology, Black Family Research, Black Men, Black Youth, African Consciousness, Black Consciousness, Race and Racism, African Indigenous Science and Technology and Political Economy
African Christians face situations where integrity requires them to find a solution in Christian terms that is by the application of the word about Christ and of Scripture where Western Christianity … has no answers, because it has no... more
This paper will present some interpretations of Batswana women readers of Matt. 15:21-28. In keeping with the theme of this volume, the aim of presenting their readings is to take seriously the subjectivity and agency of their own... more
This article offers an extended review of some recent publications in the field of African theology and HIV and AIDS. Hence it critically examines the progress that is made in the engagement with and the reflection on issues related to... more
Hermeneutics, derived from the Greek word for “interpret” refers to the theory of interpretation. More comprehensively, hermeneutics concerns the interpretation of texts and other forms of communication both oral and written as well as... more
La parabole est un procédé oral par lequel, le maître, provoque l'auditeur à la réflexion. Il le provoque à trouver en lui-même solution à ses questions. Le maître fait appel à l'étonnement de ses auditeurs par le moyen de comparaisons... more
This paper highlights the proposed “Talitha cum” African women’s biblical hermeneutics of reading through sketching the practices of four African women scholars: Mercy A. Oduyoye (Ghana); Madipoane Masenya (South Africa), Musa W. Dube... more
Rev. Dr. John Stott, a British scholar and pastor, is highly esteemed in the Christian evangelical tradition. He was a profound theologian who successfully integrated scholarship with preaching ministry. He embodied and espoused the... more
A referida temática se enquadra na esfera da Teologia Pública. Assim, pretende-se com este tema dar um contributo em como pensar a fé no espaço público angolano. Pois a nação hoje entendida como Angola, é em grande parte fruto das ações... more
The paper makes a case for a postcolonial feminist reading of the Bible.
A contextual application of biblical doctrine ultimately derives from a contextual hermeneutic. What interpretive guidelines are critical to the development of a genuinely vernacular expression of theology in a local context? The paper... more
Modern African Christians are often faced with a dilemma as regards how to respond to the issue of conflict between Christianity and Traditional African Cultures. This is as a result of the fact that Christian Catechetical teachings which... more
Work refers to a job or activity done regularly. Some people work for the government (public or civil servants); others work for corporations, organizations or institutions that focus on different areas of the economy (private sector).... more
African Christian theology has many tasks today. This is evident both from a reading of the history of African christian theology and from the wide variety of current understandings of its nature and task. Some theologians today contend... more
Even after one hundred and fifty years of Christian missions in Africa, the ancestral cult is still a reality. This is not only the case among the un-churched but among Christians as well. A good number of African Christians pledge... more
Religion in Africa is in many respects becoming religion without belief and community again, I will argue in this article. Europeans arriving in Africa did not recognize African religion, because Africans did not have the kind of belief... more
The QUUT AL-`AARIFEEN (The Nourishment of the Knowers of Allah) is my commentary upon the USUUL'D-DEEN (the Foundations of the Religion) of Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio