Theological Reflection in an African Christian Worldview [Vol 2]

This book underscores the fact that for cultural anthropology, theological contextualization and missiological reflection to be clearly understood, it is imperative to be carried out through peoples traditional worldviews. Professor Kaleli argues that all theological reflections that lead to the development of Christian theology/Christian ethnotheologies have their primary objective to interpret and explain what the Person of Christ means to the believing community and to the world. Consequently, such a reflection takes place best from within a particular people’s hermeneutic community and from within its own cultural context and worldview. Basing his discussion on research findings, the author analyses the missionary background and the planting of the Akamba church, undertakes a critique on the Akamba Christian theology, proposes ways of constructing a relevant Akamba Christian theology and undertakes a case study on theologizing in the context of the Akamba supernaturalistic perspective. In essence, the author uses the Akamba Case as a representative model that can apply in any ethnic community with regard to theological contextualization and missiological reflection. Students of Christian theology all over the world will definitely find this book vital in their understanding of Christ’s mission in both the Western and the non-Western world.