Bediako, Kwame,

Jesus and the gospel in Africa : history and experience / [print] Kwame Bediako ; introduction by Hans Visser and Gillian Bediako. - New York : Orbis Books, (c)2004. - xvii, 124 pages ; 24 cm. - Theology in Africa series . - Theology in Africa series. .

Originally published: Jesus in Africa. Yaounde, Cameroun : Editions Cle ; Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana : Regnum Africa, 2000, in series: Theological reflections from the south.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cry Jesus! Christian theology and presence in modern Africa -- Jesus in African culture: a Ghanaian perspective -- How is Jesus Christ Lord? Evangelical Christian apologetics amid African religious pluralism -- Understanding African theology in the twentieth century -- Africa and the Fathers : the relevance of early Hellenistic Christian theology for modern Africa -- One song in many tongues -- The primal imagination and the opportunity for a new theological idiom -- Christian religion and African social norms: authority, desacralisation, and democracy -- Towards a new understanding of Christian history in the post-missionary era -- Publications of Kwame Bediako.



9781570755422

2004049550


Christianity--Africa.
Christianity and culture.

BR1360.B412.J478 2004