Trajectories of religion in Africa
Subtitle: essays in honour of John S. Pobee
By: edited by Cephas N. Omenyo and Eric B. Anum
Contributors: Pobee, John S., honouree
Series: Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations -- no. 48; Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations -- no. 48.
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9789042038103
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Religion; Christianity; Doctrinal Theology; Ecumenical movement; History; Black theology; World Council of Churches
Description: The book, in the main, discusses issues relating to mission, ecumenism, and theological education and is presented in four sections. The first segment discusses works on ecumenical and theological education and assesses the relevance of the World Council of Churches. Other issues discussed in this segment relate to the interrelationships that exist between academic theology, ecumenism, and Christianity. The World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910, which set the agenda for world-wide mission in a promising manner in the 1920s, is also assessed in this section of the work. 0The second segment, which covers Religion and Public Space, discusses works that examine the relationships between religion and power, religion and development, religion and traditional religious beliefs, and religion and practices in Africa. The third segment of the book treats Religion and Cultural Practices in African and how all these work out in couching out an African theology and African Christianity. Some of the issues discussed in this section related to African traditional philosophy, spiritism, and the interrelationships that exist between African Christianity and African Traditional Religion.0The last segment of the book discusses the issue of African biblical hermeneutics and specifically looks at contemporary hermeneutical approaches to biblical interpretations in Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.