TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langat,Robert Kipkemoi
TI  - A consideration of some tensions between national churches and Western missionaries in Sub-Sahara Africa with special reference to Kenya /by Robert Kipkemoi Langat
AV  - BV4070 .C667 1982
PY  - 1982///
KW  - Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Culture conflict
KW  - Kenya
N1  - Typescript; Chapter I. Introduction; Chapter II. The Reality of National-Missionary Tension; Chapter III. Sources of National-Missionary Tension; Chapter IV. Responses to National-Missionary Tensions; Chapter V. Reducing National-Missionary Tensions; Bibliography: leaves 86-89; General Description of the Topic --; Purpoes for Writing This Thesis --; Limitation of the Topic --; Method of Research --; Biblical and Anthropological Application --; Expected Contribution; Current Literature Testifies to the Reality of National-Missionary Tension --; Case Studies Confirm the Reality of Missionary-National Tension --; Importance of cases --; Reason for choosing case studies from Bible colleges --; Case Study 1: Missionary teacher and the students --; Wrong motivation for studying God's Word --; Less education for African church leaders --; The problem of elitism and professionalism --; People do not get along with each other --; Case Study 2: Missionary teacher and national teachers --; African Christians are seen as irresponsible --; Case Study 3: Missionary and his converts --; Leadership tension; Lack of understanding the Values of the Culture --; Lack of understanding the culture influences the missionary's message --; Condemnation of African Bush School and its values --; Lack of understanding culture leads to misunderstanding --; Foreign Domination --; Reasons for associating missions with colonialism --; Associating missions with colonialism is not a new idea --; Missionaries' superiority --; Colonialists helped each other --; Sponsorship of Students to the United States --; Views about student sponsorship overseas --; Reasons for students wanting to study overseas --; The Perception of God's Missionary Call --; Claim of God's call used to create tension --; Claim of God's call leads to disorganization and indiviudalism; Call for Moratorium --; Definition of moratorium --; Groups supporting moratorium --; Causes of moratorium --; Purposes of moratorium --; Call for Contextualization --; Purposes of contextualization --; Newness of contextualization --; Tension created by contextualization --; Risks in contextualization --; Call for African Theology --; Distinction between contextualization of theology and African theology --; Motivation of African theologians to resist Western theology; Insights from Anthropology --; Establishment of relationship --; Tools of relationship --; Establishment of a trust bond --; Biblical Insights From the Apostle Paul --; The Apostle Paul's methodology --; Indispensability generates tension --; The Apostle Paul's attitude toward problems --; Conclusion; 2
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