Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible
Title | Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Marevesa |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 411 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3031541685 |
Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible
Title | Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Marevesa |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-08-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9783031541674 |
This volume explores current methodological developments in the interpretation of the Bible from an African perspective. Previous scholarship has explored the relevance of Eurocentric biblical interpretive methods to African experiences and contexts. This book furthers the discussion by examining the continuing importance of contextual Bible interpretation. Authors provide an evaluation of the work done by the precursors and predecessors interpreting the Bible from an African point of view, and then analyse the emerging challenges to interpreting the Bible in an ever-changing context. The volume is a comprehensive resource, providing new interpretations of the Bible in Africa, and addressing the contemporary questions of people in Africa and beyond.
Reading Romans at Ground Level
Title | Reading Romans at Ground Level PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan D. Groves |
Publisher | Langham Publishing |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2015-02-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1783689196 |
Many pastors in the provincial towns and rural villages of Malawi struggle to find practical relevance in the letter to the Romans. While the majority of church leaders have received little or no formal Bible and ministry training, they often face formidable challenges from African traditional practices, folk Islam, poverty and poor education – creating barriers to authentic Christian discipleship. Reading Romans at Ground Level uses field research to characterize pastoral ministry in provincial-rural Malawi. By examining current preaching practice, it shows that Malawian pastors mostly use individual verses from Paul’s letter within inductive needs-driven sermons or gospel calls for conversion. In this book, a three-horizon contextual approach is used to investigate how the letter might be applied biblically to address contemporary African socio-cultural and pastoral issues. It demonstrates surprisingly rich parallels between the way Romans might have been heard by its original recipients in the slums of Ancient Rome, and its potential meaning for Christians living in poverty in rural Africa today.
Jesus of Africa
Title | Jesus of Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Diane B. Stinton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Black theology |
ISBN |
Foundations for African Theological Ethics
Title | Foundations for African Theological Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | James Nkansah-Obrempong |
Publisher | Langham Publishing |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2013-05-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1907713840 |
Having taught on ethics in Africa for almost a decade, James Nkansah-Obrempong presents a work that goes some way to addressing the dearth of materials on ethics that combine African social, religious, cultural and moral values with biblical and theological values. Integrating these from African, Western and biblical contexts Nkansah demonstrates how important they are for dealing with contemporary moral and social issues facing the church in Africa and African societies. The book develops a theoretical, biblical and theological foundation for Theological Ethics and uses this to address the broader issues that affect the socio-political and economic life of African people and the church.
Africa Study Bible, NLT
Title | Africa Study Bible, NLT PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers |
Pages | 2162 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 1496424719 |
The Africa Study Bible brings together 350 contributors from over 50 countries, providing a unique African perspective. It's an all-in-one course in biblical content, theology, history, and culture, with special attention to the African context. Each feature was planned by African leaders to help readers grow strong in Jesus Christ by providing understanding and instruction on how to live a good and righteous life--Publisher.
The Human Condition
Title | The Human Condition PDF eBook |
Author | Joe M. Kapolyo |
Publisher | Langham Global Library |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2013-05-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1907713042 |
Human beings are complex. For all our contemporary knowledge and ability, however wonderful and widely available, people around the world face a crisis of human identity that calls into question the meaning of existence and the basis of moral behaviour. Responding to these challenges, Joe Kapolyo recognizes both the authority of the Bible, which teaches that people are created in the image of God but also corrupted by rebellion and sin, and the relevance of distinctly African perspectives on what it means to be human. Although he reads these perspectives critically, they lead him to reaffirm the biblical vision of redeemed human life in community in Christ. This vision offers a solution to the crisis of identity experienced by people who have forgotten who they are - and whose they are.