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Prophetic Christianity In Western Kenya Political Cultural And Theological Aspects Of African Independent Churches Aics Dokumentation Der Leitfadeninterviews
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Book Synopsis Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya - Political, Cultural and Theological Aspects of African Independent Churches (AICs) - Dokumentation Der Leitfadeninterviews by :
Download or read book Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya - Political, Cultural and Theological Aspects of African Independent Churches (AICs) - Dokumentation Der Leitfadeninterviews written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interview transcripts of an empirical study about African Independent Churches (AICs). Western Kenya is one of the most significant places of origin for AICs. The study has three focal points: - AICs and their involvement in politics and society - AICs as a model of inculturation of Christianity in Africa - The future of the AIC-movement in view of ecumenical relations and the 'threat' of the neo-pentecostals The interviews here presented were held with local leaders and pastors (first stage of research 2001) and later (second stage 2003) with overall leaders of AICs and Bishops/Archbishops of mainline churches (Anglicans, Catholics).
Author :Marko Kuhn Publisher :Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity ISBN 13 : Total Pages :360 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya by : Marko Kuhn
Download or read book Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya written by Marko Kuhn and published by Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first chapter of this book deals with the history of Christian mission activity in Western Kenya and points out the particularities of the missionaries as well as the mission churches. Within this context, the history of the African Independent Churches (AICs) is placed, which appear as a mergence of various traditions and motivations: the pursuit of independence from the colonial power and the mission churches connected with it, the preservation of traditional African religiousness and the absorption of Pentecostal piety with its heavy emphasis on the gifts of the spirit. In the following chapters the stance of AICs towards involvement in political debates is explored and discussed. This is done on the basis of semi-structured interviews with local leaders as well as bishops and representatives of church networks. Another topic is the contribution of AICs to the inculturation of the Christian faith in the African context - especially in view of the academic African Theology and the Pentecostal Churches. The last part of the book deals with the question of the future of the AICs and their ecumenical relations - this is done in the context of the rapid expansion Neo-Pentecostal groups and movements.
Book Synopsis A Different Way of Being by : David Kirwa Tarus
Download or read book A Different Way of Being written by David Kirwa Tarus and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 Kenya is a diverse nation, with many ethnic communities and cultural traditions. However, this diversity has led to deep divisions over the years, resulting in entrenched ethnopolitical tension and conflict. In this book, Dr David Kirwa Tarus advocates for a Christian theological response to the nation’s divisions by presenting various theological perspectives on anthropology, society, and politics including those of John Calvin and John Mbiti, as well as other prominent Kenyan theologians. This work traces the history of ethnopolitical conflict in Kenya and the church’s response from 1895 to 2013 and thoroughly examines how a reformed theology can provide a pathway to social cohesion in Kenya. David Tarus humbly yet boldly challenges Kenyans to pursue national unity and peace by interrogating their allegiances to their ethnic communities and political parties. This book carefully argues why it is only a Christian identity, commitment to humanity as bearing the divine image, and the triune God himself, that can heal the divisions in this land and in turn bring an end to other social evils such as corruption, intolerance, and violence. Ethnopolitical conflict is not confined to one nation, and this study will bear much fruit in other contexts where people yearn for social cohesion.
Book Synopsis Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa by : Nicholas Ibeawuchi Mbogu
Download or read book Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa written by Nicholas Ibeawuchi Mbogu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Since the 1960s African theology has been a locus of debate on the relevance of the Christian God in African societies. Pioneer African theologians felt the need to protest against what was considered as the disregard or even denial of African religions cultures by Western missionaries. They called for a theology that would take seriously African religious values. The Christological inquiry, that is, the question about how to present Christ meaningfully to Africans has dominated this debate for more than 30 years. This enquiry is based on the assumption that missionary Christianity did not bring God to Africa, rather it brought Christ. Hence presenting Christ through African symbols will help Africans to become Christians without losing their identity. However, there seem to be a shift in the recent times. Young African theologians see the need to move away from a cultural nostalgic anti-missionary theology to a free expression of the Christian faith in such a way that it responds to the Africans‘ present search for meaning as well as the necessary healthy tension between the Gospel and Cultures. This theology is more critical and kerygmatic. While prlonging the intuition of pioneer African theologians, it seeks to offer broader scriptural and dogmatic bases to faith interpretation in Africa. The book, Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa-Questions and Issues in African Contextual Christology, proposed here by the Claretian theologian, Nicholas Mbogu takes its place in this refreshing shift of emphasis. The author states clearly that our proclamation of God in Africa will be seriously deficient without an adequate Christology. The book is presented in ten chapters. Chapters 1-3 present the origin and development of theology in Africa. It is shown clearly that since the seminal gestures of Black priests who wrote the famous book, Des pretres noirs s’interrogant, 1956, asking whether and how catholicity can integrate the Negritude, African theology has affirmed and consolidated itself as a contextual theology that is mindful of orthodoxy. With dexterity, the author shows the interpretation of theology and historical events, as well as historical science and literature. Political and economic developments, especially the searach for independence and distorted systems of post-colonial government also affected theology in Africa. [...]
Book Synopsis Biblical, Traditional, and Theological Framework for Understanding Christian Prophetism in Ghana Today by : Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh
Download or read book Biblical, Traditional, and Theological Framework for Understanding Christian Prophetism in Ghana Today written by Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for this project is to verify and determine the extent to which contemporary prophetic ministry in Ghana appropriates prophetism in the early church, Corpus Paulinum, and traditional prophetism in Ghana. The spirit of prophecy which was believed to have ceased in Judaism and during the intertestamental period has now been restored at the inauguration of Christianity. Notwithstanding, Paul gave stipulations for prophets and prophecy in the church in 1 Corinthians 14. This confirms that prophecy was a common phenomenon in the early church and Pauline communities. Contemporary prophetic ministry in Ghana claimed to have conformed to Pauline stipulations concerning prophets and prophecy in the church, but what is their level of conformity? Contemporary prophetic ministry is becoming popular due to its appeal and compatibility with religious worldviews and its pragmatic outlook that resonates with the Ghanaian phenomenon of religion. As an adherent of the Akan traditional religion would go to a religious intermediary for ebisa (literally to "inquire" or "ask") into present or future happenings, contemporary prophets have positioned themselves to be agents of ebisa in Ghanaian Christianity. This book explores biblical and traditional understandings of prophetism that have influenced contemporary Christian understanding of prophets and prophecy in the church.
Book Synopsis Prophets, Profits and the Bible in Zimbabwe by : Ezra Chitando
Download or read book Prophets, Profits and the Bible in Zimbabwe written by Ezra Chitando and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Inculturation and the Mission of the Church in Africa by : Catholic Institute of West Africa. Theology Week
Download or read book Inculturation and the Mission of the Church in Africa written by Catholic Institute of West Africa. Theology Week and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis African Christian Outreach: African initiated churches by : M. L. Daneel
Download or read book African Christian Outreach: African initiated churches written by M. L. Daneel and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gospel and Tradition by : NENE SAKITE
Download or read book The Gospel and Tradition written by NENE SAKITE and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is deeply rooted in the African cultural realism in which the concept of Mawu or God existed before the arrival of the missionaries from Europe. Krobo culture has always accepted and expressed the presence of the Supreme Creator in all (without exception) aspects of social, occupational, emotional engagements of life. Throughout the book, there are illustrations depicting the essence of God in Krobo traditional religion before the arrival of Christian missionaries from Europe. The only new concept my ancestors acquired from the missionaries was the story of the life and teaching of Christ and the doctrine as the Savior and Mawu (second person in the Trinity) at the same time. Krobo culture eloquently and sincerely found expression in names like Mawulede (God’s wish); Mawulepee (God did it); Mawu le ha nor (it is God who provides); and in sentences expressing hope, as in Mawu nge (God lives), Mawumaalewor (God would care for us), and others all of which existed before the story of the cross. The book is the manifestation of what is happening today with the gospel and tradition on the continent with the self-acclaimed preachers of the gospel and how they have misrepresented the whole doctrine of Christianity to acquire wealth rather than preaching salvation to the people of Africa. These “preachers” I refer to as false prophets and mostly blasphemers who have taken undue advantage of the ignorance of the people of Africa wisely because religion is part and parcel of life in the African society. This book goes at length to delineate Christian influence on the cultural values in Africa using the Krobo experience and to display cultural traits and interaction with the missionaries. It will also go into Christian tradition and the African tradition, which apparently would lead us into the training of the clergy and show why Christianity is being represented deceptively by “false prophets” in Africa and sometimes at the expense of our tradition. There will be a discussion on Krobo culture and the gospel as well as cultural norms that affect Christians the most. A full discussion depicts the world of blasphemy which preachers and people call it Christianity but which I term “victims of Christianity.” It is very important to admire our traditional saints and show the similarities with the religious saints. And who are the traditional saints anyhow? In the end, I conclude with a discussion on poverty, spelling out the tradition that must be reformed to diminish poverty which is portrayed in the book as the enemy of culture and development. This book is relevant for contemporary religious and cultural appreciation, what it is to be Christian and African no less than the proper training of the clergy that befits the African society before they are “shipped” to Africa or any other developing country with different cultural orientation for adaptation.
Book Synopsis The Kairos Document by : Kairos Theologians (Group)
Download or read book The Kairos Document written by Kairos Theologians (Group) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Kairos Document by : Peter Beyerhaus
Download or read book The Kairos Document written by Peter Beyerhaus and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bible Interpretation and the African Culture by : David J. Ndegwah
Download or read book Bible Interpretation and the African Culture written by David J. Ndegwah and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can be summarized in one sentence: that culture plays a determinant role in the way people perceive, interpret, and, therefore, respond to reality around them--ideas, events, people, and literature, including sacred literature. Thus, when people encounter new reality they perceive and conceptualize it in accordance with their worldview, which is shaped by their culture that is modeled to suit various geographical locations. In order to understand why people around the world behave and act as they do--they choose certain words in what they say and do certain things rather than others--it is important to understand and appreciate this fact. Failure to do so would make it very difficult to engage in any dealings with them, secular or religious, like doing business or evangelization. This is what happened to the Pokot people whose worldview is predominantly communitarian, and yet they were introduced to hermeneutics that are predominantly individualistic, which is at loggerheads with their communal aspirations. The manifestation of this reality is the interpretation of the Good Shepherd parable in the Gospel of John, which the Pokot have understood and contextualized in line with their worldview, against the intentions, goals, and disposition of their evangelizers.
Book Synopsis The Kairos Covenant by : Willis H. Logan
Download or read book The Kairos Covenant written by Willis H. Logan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Women in Mission and African Churches in Western Kenya by : Kathleen R. Smythe
Download or read book Women in Mission and African Churches in Western Kenya written by Kathleen R. Smythe and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Healer-Prophet in Afro-Christian Churches by : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Download or read book The Healer-Prophet in Afro-Christian Churches written by Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1992 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The important role of the diviner in the traditional society has been replaced by the prophet in the AIC; the prophet understands the worldview of his/her people, especially the cultural diseases. In some churches the office of prophet cum diviner is represented by one person
Book Synopsis The Freedom of the Spirit by : Francis Kimani Githieya
Download or read book The Freedom of the Spirit written by Francis Kimani Githieya and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Freedom of the Spirit examines the history and ecclesiology of two African Independent Churches in Kenya, namely, the African Orthodox Church (AOC) and the Arathi (Agikuyu Spirit Churches). Do these churches understand themselves as Christian or as ethnocentric movements?
Book Synopsis Themes in African Church History. Missionary Motives, Merits and Mistakes by : Thorsten Prill
Download or read book Themes in African Church History. Missionary Motives, Merits and Mistakes written by Thorsten Prill and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2019 in the subject Theology - Historic Theology, Ecclesiastical History, Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary, language: English, abstract: The Protestant missionary movements have for some time come under severe criticism. Writing from a Namibian perspective, Brendell and Prill demonstrate that the overall picture painted by the critics is often harsh. Most Protestant missionaries were driven by compassion for people who needed to hear the Christian Gospel. Of course, that does not mean that they were faultless. Their zeal for the mission of the Church did not prevent missionaries from making serious mistakes. One of these mistakes was the practice of paternalism, as the example of the Rhenish Missionary Society shows.
