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Poverty, the Bible, and Africa

Author : Isaac Boaheng
Publisher : HippoBooks
ISBN 13 : 183973034X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Poverty, the Bible, and Africa written by Isaac Boaheng and published by HippoBooks. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty reduction is a worldwide concern, yet if the church is to play an effective role in its alleviation, an approach that is both biblical and contextual is required. In Poverty, the Bible, and Africa, Isaac Boaheng formulates a theology of poverty that engages Scripture, African traditional wisdom, and contemporary African concerns to create a paradigm for understanding and alleviating poverty in Africa. Boaheng highlights that, whatever our cultural context, God frowns upon materialism, extravagance, and love for riches; yet the author also demonstrates why a contextual theology must address people’s societal and cultural needs alongside spiritual ones. If we desire a model for poverty reduction that is both theologically sound and contextually appropriate, we must facilitate an encounter between the teachings of Scripture and the socio-economic, political, and religious realities of a particular context. Combining in-depth cultural analysis with careful exegetical reflection, this book offers refreshing insight into the challenge of confronting poverty in Africa. Boaheng’s approach, however, is relevant far beyond the continent and is transferable to any context where others are seeking to effectively understand and combat poverty.

Poverty in the Book of Proverbs

Author : Lechion Peter Kimilike
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433103278
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Poverty in the Book of Proverbs written by Lechion Peter Kimilike and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western interpretations of poverty proverbs in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs have tended to see a status quo acceptance in the ancient texts, thus neglecting existential challenges of the poverty issue. In contrast, Lechion Peter Kimilike argues that African proverbial material on poverty may - when used comparatively to interpret the corresponding Old Testament poverty proverbs - create a more dynamic analysis. The author's new and thought-provoking interpretation suggests «an African transformational hermeneutic» that balances between the questions and methodology of the «global [i.e., western] guild» and the concerns of the African interpretative context.

Religion and Poverty

Author : Peter J. Paris
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392305
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Poverty written by Peter J. Paris and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Ghanaian scholar of religion argues that poverty is a particularly complex subject in traditional African cultures, where holistic worldviews unite life’s material and spiritual dimensions. A South African ethicist examines informal economies in Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, and South Africa, looking at their ideological roots, social organization, and vulnerability to global capital. African American theologians offer ethnographic accounts of empowering religious rituals performed in churches in the United States, Jamaica, and South Africa. This important collection brings together these and other Pan-African perspectives on religion and poverty in Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors from Africa and North America explore poverty’s roots and effects, the ways that experiences and understandings of deprivation are shaped by religion, and the capacity and limitations of religion as a means of alleviating poverty. As part of a collaborative project, the contributors visited Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa, as well as Jamaica and the United States. In each location, they met with clergy, scholars, government representatives, and NGO workers, and they examined how religious groups and community organizations address poverty. Their essays complement one another. Some focus on poverty, some on religion, others on their intersection, and still others on social change. A Jamaican scholar of gender studies decries the feminization of poverty, while a Nigerian ethicist and lawyer argues that the protection of human rights must factor into efforts to overcome poverty. A church historian from Togo examines the idea of poverty as a moral virtue and its repercussions in Africa, and a Tanzanian theologian and priest analyzes ujamaa, an African philosophy of community and social change. Taken together, the volume’s essays create a discourse of mutual understanding across linguistic, religious, ethnic, and national boundaries. Contributors. Elizabeth Amoah, Kossi A. Ayedze, Barbara Bailey, Katie G. Cannon, Noel Erskine, Dwight N. Hopkins, Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Laurenti Magesa, Madipoane Masenya, Takatso A. Mofokeng, Esther M. Mombo, Nyambura J. Njoroge, Jacob Olupona, Peter J. Paris, Anthony B. Pinn, Linda E. Thomas, Lewin L. Williams

The Bible in Africa

Author : Gerald West
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004497102
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Bible in Africa written by Gerald West and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the arrival of the Bible in Africa has often been a tale of terror, the Bible has become an African book. This volume explores the many ways in which Africans have made the Bible their own. The essays in this book offer a glimpse of the rich resources that constitute Africa's engagement with the Bible. Among the topics are: the historical development of biblical interpretation in Africa, the relationship between African biblical scholarship and scholarship in the West, African resources for reading the Bible, the history and role of vernacular translation in particular African contexts, the ambiguity of the Bible in Africa, the power of the Bible as text and symbol, and the intersections between class, race, gender, and culture in African biblical interpretation. The book also contains an extensive bibliography of African biblical scholarship. In fact, it is one of the most comprehensive collections of African biblical scholarship available in print. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Bible and Poverty in Kenya

Author : Maurice Matendechere Sakwa
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 904743269X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Bible and Poverty in Kenya written by Maurice Matendechere Sakwa and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By integrating cultural, political, social and economic factors the book empirically affirms, the importance of culture, represented by religious values, in the fight against poverty and that political and economic attitudes have a role to play in the development process.

Jesus Prosperity Gospel and Poverty in Africa

Author : Elijah Oladimeji
Publisher : Yorkshire Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1952320240
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Jesus Prosperity Gospel and Poverty in Africa written by Elijah Oladimeji and published by Yorkshire Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty is a big problem in Africa, particularly black Africa. Basic necessities such as food, water, and shelter remain out of reach of many. According to some statistics, nearly 50% of all Africans live below or on the edge of poverty, earning only around $1.25 per day. Access to health care, education and shelter remains a gigantic problem.

Power, Poverty, and Prayer

Author : Ogbu Kalu
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power, Poverty, and Prayer written by Ogbu Kalu and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The African & Biblical Approach to Poverty

Author : Leonard Thomas Nyirongo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781074581909
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book The African & Biblical Approach to Poverty written by Leonard Thomas Nyirongo and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Were the indigenous Africans rich before colonialism came to Africa? Did colonialism spread poverty to the indigenous Africans? Before the colonial era came, how did the rich indigenous Africans perceive and treat the fellow Africans who were poor? How did precolonial and postcolonial Africans define or describe poverty and prosperity? Why, in spite of the abundant natural resources God has given, is Africa still poor since its nations became independent from colonialism? Is the African's worldview the root cause of poverty among the Africans? What is the difference between the African and biblical view of poverty and prosperity and what are the implications of this difference? This book tackles these questions candidly in order to present true hope to Africa. Africa is considered the poorest continent on earth. Almost every second person living in the states of sub-Saharan Africa lives below the poverty line in spite of generous endowment of natural resources and direct aid. Particularly affected by poverty in the continent are the weakest members of society, their children and women. This book begins with a review of the problem of poverty in Africa during the precolonial times in order to challenge the claims that there were no poor Africans until colonialism came to Africa. Then in the second chapter, it reveals the common causes of poverty during the precolonial and post-colonial eras. In the third chapter it narrates how - even today - Africans have tried to address poverty through traditional religion, witch doctors, diviners and ideologies only to end up spiritually bankrupt. Chapter 4 examines the pseudo Christian approaches to poverty and the spiritual harm they are causing in the African churches. The last chapter is the climax of the book. It focuses on the biblical approach to the problem of poverty, based on the living hope which is in Christ alone. The book may be used as part of an introduction to the African worldview in theological colleges. It is also recommended for church leaders, parachurch organisations and Christian NGOs serving needy communities in Africa.

The Bible and Politics in Africa

Author : Joachim Kügler
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863090918
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Bible and Politics in Africa written by Joachim Kügler and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Section 1: The Bible and broad political discourses in Africa. "Rewriting" the Bible or de-biblifying the public sphere? Proposals and propositions on the usage of the Bible by public figures in Zimbabwe/ by Masiiwa Ragies Gunda. The Bible and the quest for democracy and democratization in Africa: the Zimbabwe experience / by Eliot Tofa. The Bible and the quest for developmental justice: the case of orphans in Namibia / by Jannie Hunter. The Bible in the service of pan-africanism: the case of Dr Tafataona Mahoso's pan-african biblical exegesis / by Obvious Vengeyi. The ANC's deployment of religion in nation building: from Thabo Mbeki, to "the RDP of the soul", to Jacob Zuma / by Gerald West. The Bible and democracy in Africa: how biblical science can contribute towards the establishment of plurality and democracy, the Bible as a relevant tool in the quest for engendering plurality / by Jephthah Kiara Gathaka. Section 2: Some readings of the Bible in/for political discourses in Africa. Contextual theological reading of the Bible with indigenous communities: the case of the Basarwa/San in Botswana / by Moji Ruele. A theological reflection on Romans 13:1-7 in the 21st century Zimbabwean politics / by Phillemon M. Chamburuka. The Judas Iscariot episode In the zimbabwean religio-political debate of "selling out" / by Francis Machingura. Inspiring for liberation - legitimizing for occupation : interpretations of the Exodus from southern Africa / by Stephanie Feder. Politics of feeding: reading John 6 (and 1 Cor 11) as documents of socio-political conflicts / by Joachim Kügler. "If my people ..." a critical analysis of the deployment of 2 Chronicles 7:14 during the Zimbabwean crisis / by Ezra Chitando. Towards a new reading of the bible in africa - spy exegesis / by Canisius Mwandayi. Empowering the poor: the Bible and the poor in informal settlements in Africa with reference to Mangaung, South Africa / Pieter Verster. Section 3: The bible, gender and politics in Africa. The politics of "biblical manhood": a critical study of masculinity politics and biblical hermeneutics in a Zambian pentecostal church / Adriaan S. Van Klinken. The bible as a source of strength among Zimbabwean women during socio-economic and political crises / by Elizabeth Vengeyi. An analysis of the application of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-14: the politics of pentecostalism and women's ministries in Zimbabwe / by Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga.

Is Africa Cursed?

Author : Tokunboh Adeyemo
Publisher : WordAlive Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9966805133
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Is Africa Cursed? written by Tokunboh Adeyemo and published by WordAlive Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa's heartrending picture begs the question: Is Africa cursed? In this book, the author conveys a winning message - that there can be hope for Africa. He unwraps Africa's place in the Bible, wards off superstition and advocates Christians' active engagement in transforming Africa.

Preaching in a Context of Poverty

Author : H. J. C. Pieterse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preaching in a Context of Poverty written by H. J. C. Pieterse and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All South Africans are free under the new political dispensation. But there is one enormous problem which makes it impossible for most people in this country to achieve and enjoy a good life. This obstacle is the problem of poverty.

Religious Poverty in Africa

Author : Aylward Shorter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religious Poverty in Africa written by Aylward Shorter and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bible and Human Development in Africa

Author : McGlory T. Speckman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bible and Human Development in Africa written by McGlory T. Speckman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

For the Least of These

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310523001
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book For the Least of These written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, many thoughtful and compassionate Christians are addressing the challenge of alleviating poverty. But while much progress has been made, many well-intentioned efforts have led Christians to actions that are not only ineffective, but leave the most vulnerable in a worse situation than before. Is there a better answer? Combining biblical exegesis with proven economic principles, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty equips Christians with both a solid biblical and economic understanding of how best to care for the poor and foster sustainable economic development. With contributions from fifteen leading Christian economists, theologians, historians, and practitioners, it presents the case for why a multi-faceted approach is needed, and why a renewed focus on markets and trade are the world’s best hope for alleviating poverty and serving those in financial need.

New Hope for the Poor

Author : Pieter Verster
Publisher : UJ Press
ISBN 13 : 1920382097
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book New Hope for the Poor written by Pieter Verster and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empowering the poor remains an essential part of the Christian Gospel. The way in which the absolute poor in informal settlements in Africa can be empowered by the message of the Bible, needs to be researched. During research completed in informal settlements near Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa, it has been established that the churches present in the situation are best equipped to relate to the poor and interpret the message of the Bible to them.

The Academy of the Poor

Author : Gerald O. West
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Academy of the Poor written by Gerald O. West and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What roles do biblical scholars play in contexts where the Bible is a significant text within poor and marginalized communities? Gerald West reflects on what their role is by drawing on liberation hermeneutics (with a focus on race, class and gender), inculturation hermeneutics (with a focus on culture), and postmodernism (with a decentred 'focus'!). He argues that recent trends in the field of biblical studies open up space for serious dialogue (and perhaps even collaboration) between readers of the Bible in the academy and readers of the Bible in poor and marginalized communities." --Book Jacket.

Poverty in Africa

Author : Augustin Kwasi Fosu
Publisher : University of Nairobi Press
ISBN 13 : 996684662X
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Poverty in Africa written by Augustin Kwasi Fosu and published by University of Nairobi Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume adds value to the existing literature by presenting concepts and methods for poverty analysis in a single source and by documenting them for students, scholars and policy-makers, especially those in Africa where the challenge of poverty reduction is greatest. --Book Jacket.