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100 1 _aMichael, Matthew.
245 1 0 _aChristian theology and African traditions /
_cMatthew Michael.
246 1 4 _aChristian theology & African traditions
260 _aEugene, Oregon :
_bResource Publications,
_c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 259 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
520 _aChristian theology is not naively the study of the Bible "only" or alone but the interactions and engagement of the Bible with these human traditions. To this end, Michael's work is the study of the Bible in close dialogue with African traditions. Arguing that for Christian theology to remain relevant to a given people, such dialogue or interaction becomes inevitable because, as a human enterprise, it must by its nature engage the human context of its reflection in order to remain relevant. In Africa, Christian theology must engage the worldviews of the African people especially in terms of the beliefs, values and traditional orientations of the African people while remaining faithful to the scriptures. Michael discovers that Christian theology becomes "incompetent" or "ill-equipped" to carry out such a contemporary function within the African context because in the history of its transmission it has been fashioned and shaped to address the needs and aspirations of the Western church and the imposing heritage of the enlightenment period. The African context must "reprocess" or reconstruct "Christian theology" in order to engage African questions which often are ignored by "standard" works on Christian theology, argues Michael. From these highlighted concerns, the book discusses "standard" topics in "Christian theology" in light of African similar or dissimilar forms
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650 0 _aTheology, Doctrinal
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650 0 _aReligion and culture
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651 0 _aAfrica
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650 6 _aThéologie dogmatique
_zAfrique.
650 6 _aReligion et culture
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651 6 _aAfrique
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758 _ihas work:
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_aMichael, Matthew.
_tChristian theology and African traditions.
_dEugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, ©2013
_z9781610978125
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