Research Catalog

Title

Reinventing Christianity : African theology today / John Parratt.

Author

Parratt, John.

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans ; Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 1995.

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Description

x, 217 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• In Reinventing Christianity, the first comprehensive survey of Christian theology in Africa to appear in English, John Parratt provides a critical yet sympathetic examination of the new ways of doing theology that have recently emerged from within the African church.
• Follownig an introduction that charts the growth and development of African theology, Parratt examines the differing theological assumptions and methodologies throughout the continent. He also shows how Africans are rethinking the central dogmas of the Christian faith - Scripture, God, christology, the church, and eschatology - and evaluates Africa's political theologies, giving special attention to theological approaches to African socialism and to South African black theology.
• The final chapter exposes some of the problematic issues that can provide a framework for wider ecumenical theological debate.

Subjects

• Africa > Religion > 20th century
• Theology, Doctrinal > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 20th century
• Christianity and other religions > African
• Africa, Sub-Saharan > Church history > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index.

Contents

I. The Emergence of Christian Theology in Africa. The Historical Roots of African Theology. Currents and Influences -- II. The Theological Method. African Theology and Black Theology. The Catholic Contribution to the Theological Method. The Protestant Contribution to the Theological Method. Feminist Perspectives -- III. Scripture and Revelation. The Biblical Hermeneutic. God and Revelation -- IV. African Religions and Christian Dogma. The Problem of Christology. Community and Participation. Eschatology and Sacrament -- V. Two Theological Reconstructions. F. Eboussi Boulaga: Christianity as Myth. Benezet Bujo: Christianity as Ancestral Theology -- VI. Political Theologies. Theology, Protest, and Socialism. Black Theology -- VII. The South African Voice. Manas Buthelezi: Theology and True Humanity. Allan Boesak: A Black Theological Ethic. The Second Stage in Black Theology -- VIII. Enduring Problems. The Theological and Biblical Method. Theology and Black Experience.

ISBN

0802841139 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

95036685

OCLC

• 32969049
• ocm32969049

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries