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Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ

Author : Edley J. Moodley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556358806
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ written by Edley J. Moodley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-08-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts. In the case of Africa, the African Initiated Churches-founded by Africans and primarily for Africans-has largely contributed to the exponential growth and proliferation of the Christian faith in the continent. Yet, even more profoundly, these churches espouse a brand of Christianity that is indigenized and thoroughly contextual. Further, the power and popularity of the AICs, beyond the unprecedented numbers joining these churches, are attributed to their relevance to the existential everyday needs and concerns of their adherents in the context of a postcolonial Africa. At the heart of Christian theology is Christology-the confessed uniqueness of Christ in history and among world religions. Yet this key feature of Christianity, as with other important elements of the Christian faith, may be variously understood and re-interpreted in these indigenous churches. The focus of this study is the amaNazaretha Church, an influential religious group founded by the African charismatic prophet Isaiah Shembe in 1911 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The movement today claims a following of some two million adherents and has proliferated beyond the borders of South Africa to neighboring countries in Southern Africa. The book addresses the complex and at times ambivalent understanding of the person and work of Christ in the amaNazaretha Church, presenting the genesis, history, beliefs, and practices of this significant religious movement in South Africa, with broader implications for similar movements across the continent of Africa and beyond.

Theology of a South African Messiah

Author : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004669620
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis Theology of a South African Messiah by : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen

Download or read book Theology of a South African Messiah written by Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church

Author : Joel Cabrita
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107054435
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church by : Joel Cabrita

Download or read book Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church written by Joel Cabrita and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of one of the largest and most influential African churches in South Africa.

IziHlabelelo ZamaNazaretha

Author : Isaiah Shembe
Publisher : University of Natal Press
ISBN 13 : 9781869141363
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book IziHlabelelo ZamaNazaretha written by Isaiah Shembe and published by University of Natal Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The texts comprise the original isiZulu hymns as well as English translations, and are brought to life with an accompanying compact disc of song, story and interview excerpts. These include detail about the seminal moment of change and controversy in the 1990s, when the organ was introduced by church member and ethnomusicologist, Bongani Mthethwa, to accompany the Shembe hymnal repertory. The initiative gave birth to dozens of youth choirs who sang the hymns in a new style, and began to compose their own repertory about Shembe in a more `gospel-inflected' musical version of their faith. --

The Theology of a South African Messiah

Author : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 : 9789004047723
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (477 download)

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Book Synopsis The Theology of a South African Messiah by : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen

Download or read book The Theology of a South African Messiah written by Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1976 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shembe

Author : Absolom Vilakazi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shembe written by Absolom Vilakazi and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor)

Author : Rudolf K. Gaisie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725252856
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor) written by Rudolf K. Gaisie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to demonstrate the significance of Ancestor Christology in African Christianity for christological developments in World Christianity. Ancestor Christology has developed in the process of an African conversion story of appropriating the mystery of Christ (Eph 3:4) in the category of ancestors. Logos Christology in early Christian history developed as an intricate byproduct in the conversion process of turning Hellenistic ideas towards the direction of Christ (A. F. Walls). Hellenistic Christian writers and modern African Christian writers thus share some things in common and when their efforts are examined within the conversion process framework there are discernible modes of engagement. The mode of Logos Christology that one finds in Origen, for example, is an innovative application of the understanding of Jesus Christ as Logos (incarnate); a new key but not discontinuous with the Johannine suggestive mode or the clarificatory mode of Justin Martyr. African Ancestor Christology is at the threshold of an innovative mode and the argument this book makes is that this strand of African Christology should be pursued in the indigenous languages aided by respective translated Bibles; a suggested way is a Logos-Ancestor (Nanasɛm) discourse in Akan Christianity.

Intercultural Theology, Volume One

Author : Henning Wrogemann
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830873090
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Theology, Volume One written by Henning Wrogemann and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. The diversity of world Christianity is evident not merely outside our borders but even within our own neighborhoods.M Over the past half century theologians and missiologists have addressed this reality by developing local and contextual theologies and by exploring issues like contextualization, inculturation, and translation. In recent years these various trajectories have coalesced into a new field called intercultural theology. Bringing together missiology, religious studies, social science research, and Christian theology, the field of intercultural theology is a fresh attempt to rethink the discipline of theology in light of the diversity and pluriformity of Christianity today. Henning Wrogemann, one of the leading missiologists and scholars of religion in Europe, has written the most comprehensive textbook on the subject of Christianity and culture today. In three volumes his Intercultural Theology provides an exhaustive account of the history, theory, and practice of Christian mission. Volume one introduces the concepts of culture and context, volume two surveys theologies of mission both past and present, and volume three explores theologies of religion and interreligious relationships. In this first volume on intercultural hermeneutics, Wrogemann introduces the term "intercultural theology" and investigates what it means to understand another cultural context. In addition to surveying different hermeneutical theories and concepts of culture, he assesses how intercultural understanding has taken place throughout the history of Christian mission. Wrogemann also provides an extensive discussion of contextual theologies with a special focus on African theologies. Intercultural Theology is an indispensable resource for all people—especially students, pastors, and scholars—that explores the defining issues of Christian identity and practice in the context of an increasingly intercultural and interreligious world. Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

Vision in Progress

Author : Rodney Ragwan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608995577
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Vision in Progress written by Rodney Ragwan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of American Baptist missionaries among the Telugu people in India in the nineteenth century came to fruition in 1897, when Telugus established their own indigenous missionary organization, the Telugu Home Missionary Society. Six years later, in 1903, the society took the highly ambitious step of sending one of its own, John Rangiah, to South Africa as a missionary to work among Telugus who'd gone to that country as indentured laborers. Vision in Progress tells the story of Indian Baptists' work in South Africa, work mitigated by the negatives influences of colonialism and racism, manifested by the openly racist South African doctrine of apartheid. It examines the values, missions philosophy, and struggles of John Rangiah and of others--men and women--who have shaped the history of Indian Baptists in South Africa up to this day. In telling this story, the author provides a thorough history of the organization Indian Baptists formed--the Baptist Association of South Africa--and its friction-filled efforts to work alongside other Baptist groups. Informational and inspirational, Vision in Progress serves ultimately as a testimony of people of great faith who were up against tremendous odds.

Succession Conflict Within the Church of the Nazarites, IBandla ZamaNazaretha

Author : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Succession Conflict Within the Church of the Nazarites, IBandla ZamaNazaretha written by Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jesus Christ as Ancestor

Author : Reuben Turbi Luka
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783687177
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Jesus Christ as Ancestor written by Reuben Turbi Luka and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this critical study, Dr Turbi Luka uses historical-theological methodology to engage in detail with Christologies of key African theologians and conventional theological sources for Christology, including the church fathers Tertullian and Athanasius as well as modern theologians. Turbi argues that existing African Christologies, specifically ancestor Christologies, are inadequate in expressing the person of Christ as Messiah and saviour, the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesies. Providing a new approach, Turbi proposes an African Linguistic Affinity Christology that explicitly portrays Jesus as Christ in a contextually relevant way for Africans in everyday life. This crucial study highlights the need for biblically rooted Christology and for sound theological understanding and naming of Jesus at every level. This book also warns the church in Africa, and elsewhere, to avoid repeating the dangerous christological heresies of the ancient church by remaining faithful to a biblical interpretation and orthodox theology of Christ.

African Proverbs Reveal Christianity in Culture

Author : W. Jay Moon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606085530
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book African Proverbs Reveal Christianity in Culture written by W. Jay Moon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many oral cultures local proverbs are highly regarded for their wisdom and prized for their aesthetic expression. In this study Jay Moon provides an in-depth look at the use of local proverbs among the Builsa culture of Ghana, West Africa. In particular, the author's research shows how local proverbs can facilitate contextualized expressions of Christianity that are both biblically authentic and culturally relevant. The process of initiating and sustaining this form of expression is explicated with the help of an engaging narrative, providing valuable insights for those striving for genuine and meaningful expression of Christ in culture. This study will be especially beneficial to the missionary community, particularly for the purposes of appreciating oral literature in primary oral cultures, finding proper roles in the contextualization process, identifying cultural values via the window of local proverbs, training missionaries in cultural understanding, and tailoring discipleship training to incorporate significant aspects of orality

A Prophet of the People

Author : Lauren V. Jarvis
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628955171
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book A Prophet of the People written by Lauren V. Jarvis and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1910 Isaiah Shembe was struggling. He had left his family and quit his job as a sanitation worker to become a Baptist evangelist, but he ended his first mission without much to show. Little did he know that he would soon establish the Nazaretha Church as he began to attract attention from people left behind by industrial capitalism in South Africa. By his death in 1935, Shembe was an internationally known prophet and healer, described by his peers as “better off than all the Black people.” In A Prophet of the People: Isaiah Shembe and the Making of a South African Church, historian Lauren V. Jarvis provides a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of South Africa’s most famous religious figures, and in turn the making of modern South Africa. Following Shembe from his birth in the 1860s across many environments and contexts, Jarvis illuminates the tight links between the spread of Christianity, strategies of evasion, and the capacious forms of community that continue to shape South Africa today.

Miracles : 2 Volumes

Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441239995
Total Pages : 1459 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Miracles : 2 Volumes written by Craig S. Keener and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 1459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity Today 2013 Book Award Winner Winner of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship's 2012 Award of Excellence 2011 Book of the Year, Christianbook.com's Academic Blog Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precluded miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports.

Context, Plurality, and Truth

Author : Mika Vähäkangas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532682662
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Context, Plurality, and Truth written by Mika Vähäkangas and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world has shrunk in the processes of globalization, and the old ways of actively ignoring plurality in theology are no longer viable. Contextual differences between different Christian traditions and theologies are highly visible due to improved communications and migration. These differences also witness that this plurality has existed since the very beginning of Christianity. Religious studies demonstrate that no religion is pure and hermetically sealed from others, but they all are syncretistic in the sense of giving and taking. In the world of religions, where boundaries are porous and the internal plurality of Christianity is vast, there is a temptation either to reject the plurality in a fideistic manner or succumb to relativism. The first solution is intellectually hard to defend, and relativism is often seen as detrimental to Christian identity. This book proposes a way of recognizing the contextual and syncretistic dimensions of pluralism while not surrendering to relativism. Christian identity and tradition can be affirmed while staying open to the challenges of pluralism.

Mission of the Church

Author : Jerome Boone
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532641907
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Mission of the Church written by Jerome Boone and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the mission of the corporate church? What is the mission of local churches regardless of denominations? What is the reason for the existence of the local church? These three questions not only deserve consideration by leadership but also need to be understood by the entire membership to enable productive kingdom work. It is so easy for a congregation to develop programs and activities based on what other groups are doing or on what are the perceived needs of the moment. These do have value; however, they tend to be based on our human concepts rather than the directives of Scripture. Terry Cross, Dean of the School of Religion at Lee University, describes this book as follows: "Another book on the church? This one is different. Thirteen seasoned professors with some 400+ years of combined ministerial experience engage various aspects of the mission of the church. Much like the pulse that beats from a strong heart, the idea of partnering with God's mission as transformed participants in God's work reappears throughout the chapters. While the focus of attention is different for each author, the theme beats the same pulse throughout--the mission of God is the heart of God and must be the heart of the church." With additional contributions from: Bob Bayles Terry Cross Rolando Cuellar Tom Doolittle Jimmy Harper John Lombard Lisa Long Edley Moodley Mark Walker

Encyclopedia of Sacred Places [2 volumes]

Author : Norbert C. Brockman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598846558
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sacred Places [2 volumes] written by Norbert C. Brockman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now thoroughly revised and updated, this encyclopedia documents the diversity of shrines, temples, holy places, and pilgrimage sites sacred to the world's major religious traditions, and illustrates their elemental place in human culture. As interest increases in the role of world religions in history and international affairs, the new edition of Encyclopedia of Sacred Places—which arrives 15 years after the publication of the original edition—provides new and updated information on site-specific religious practice and spiritually significant locations around the globe. While many of the entries describe specific places, like the Erawan Shrine and the Rock of Cashel, others examine types of sacred sites, pilgrimages, and practices. With articles that describe both the places and their associated traditions and history, this reference book reveals the enormous diversity and cultural significance of religious practice worldwide. For students and teachers of classes ranging from high school geography to university-level courses in religious studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology, this book provides essential reference on places of great significance to the world's various faith traditions.