{"product_id":"jesus-in-post-missionary-africa-issues-and-questions-in-african-contextual-christology-von-nicholas-ibeawuchi-mbogu","title":"Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eFachbuch 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod in African societies. Pioneer African theologians felt the need to protest against what was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsidered as the disregard or even denial of African religions cultures by Western missionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey called for a theology that would take seriously African religious values. The Christological\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einquiry, that is, the question about how to present Christ meaningfully to Africans has dominated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis debate for more than 30 years. This enquiry is based on the assumption that missionary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity did not bring God to Africa, rather it brought Christ. Hence presenting Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough African symbols will help Africans to become Christians without losing their identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, there seem to be a shift in the recent times. Young African theologians see the need to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emove away from a cultural nostalgic anti-missionary theology to a free expression of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian faith in such a way that it responds to the Africans¿ present search for meaning as well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas the necessary healthy tension between the Gospel and Cultures. This theology is more critical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand kerygmatic. While prlonging the intuition of pioneer African theologians, it seeks to offer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebroader scriptural and dogmatic bases to faith interpretation in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book, Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa-Questions and Issues in African Contextual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristology, proposed here by the Claretian theologian, Nicholas Mbogu takes its place in this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erefreshing shift of emphasis. The author states clearly that our proclamation of God in Africa will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe seriously deficient without an adequate Christology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is presented in ten chapters. Chapters 1-3 present the origin and development of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheology in Africa. It is shown clearly that since the seminal gestures of Black priests who wrote\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe famous book, Des pretres noirs s¿interrogant, 1956, asking whether and how catholicity can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintegrate the Negritude, African theology has affirmed and consolidated itself as a contextual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheology that is mindful of orthodoxy. With dexterity, the author shows the interpretation of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheology and historical events, as well as historical science and literature. Political and economic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopments, especially the searach for independence and distorted systems of post-colonial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egovernment also affected theology in Africa. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656241515\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIssues and Questions in African Contextual Christology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656241515","offer_id":39446104408157,"sku":"9783656241515","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e6284efe-3c2f-4b98-a210-7778a1e7b26a.jpg?v=1777958422","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/jesus-in-post-missionary-africa-issues-and-questions-in-african-contextual-christology-von-nicholas-ibeawuchi-mbogu","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}