The ramifications of missionary proselytisation on Tiv culture: Lessons for contemporary critical biblical contextualisation
Christianity, from its inception, has always demonstrated a conscious effort to communicate the gospel in ways that engender transformation. Yet the undying presence of African indigenous religious practices amongst evangelised African communities continues to be a worrisome enigma. The goal of this article is to examine the contextualisation practices, successes and failures of early western missionaries, using literary critical analysis of contemporary literature and cultural phenomenological analysis, and to propose approaches to a biblical inculturation of Christianity in contemporary indi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Verbum et Ecclesia, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp e1-e9 (2020) |
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Schlagwörter: | contextualisation / inculturation / indigenisation / tiv / dutch reformed church mission / roman catholic mission / goemai / ethno-hermeneutics / Practical Theology / BV1-5099 |
Sprache: | Afrikaans Deutsch Englisch Niederländisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28988605 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v41i1.2061 |