African theology and African Christology: Difficulty and complexity in contemporary definitions and methodological frameworks
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | African theology and African Christology: Difficulty and complexity in contemporary definitions and methodological frameworks | |
| Creator | Magezi, Christopher Igba, Jacob T. | |
| Description | There is an ongoing challenge in defining African theology because of two important reasons: (1) the quest for a definitive African theology is a fairly recent pursuit and (2) the vastness and diversity of the African continent. Given this, this article presents the complexity of defining African theology and its methodological approaches through a background sketch of the development of African theology. Regardless of many definitions of African theology and its purposes, the article acknowledges African Christian theology as theology that should be derived from the interplay between Scripture, Christian tradition and African cosmology. In deriving theology from the aforementioned aspects, African theology should also seek to develop contextual African theologies with global relevance. In this way, African theology can claim its space in the universal church. Although we are conscious of the values and challenges associated with the task of doing African theology, we argue for its necessity. We further argue that if the centrality of Scripture is maintained in the African theological endeavour, it will cause African theologies to have some shared reference point with other Christian theologies and hence engaging globally, while contributing unique African perspectives to global theological discourse. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-02-21 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v74i1.4590 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 74, No 1 (2018); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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