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Articles, Essays, and other Reference Materials
- Theological Education in Africa: Why Does It Matter? by Paul Bowers (2007)
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"When a history of evangelical theological education in modern Africa comes to be written, it will doubtless take as a defining moment the founding in 1976 of the Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa, ACTEA. For it was with the emergence of ACTEA that evangelical theological education in Africa first gained that sense of common identity, that sense of community, that has so bonded and energized the movement, to a degree that we almost take for granted today" (a paper given at a conference for theological educators in Honeydew, South Africa, 19 March 2007) |
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- 12 Notable Books for Christian Reflection in Africa: A Review Article by Paul Bowers (2006)
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"What books should one be reading these days if one wants to understand modern Africa from a Christian perspective? What should we be noticing if we would like to keep familiar with leading personalities and perspectives of contemporary African Christianity? Here I suggest a list of 12 important books that would likely suit such intentions ...." |
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- Black and African Theologies in the New World Order: A Time to Drink from our Own Wells by Tinyiko Sam Maluleke (1996)
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/jtsa/j96/j96_malu.htm
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“I will critically evaluate the thoughts of Sanneh, Bediako and other African theologians…. I propose that the equation of the Bible with ‘the Word of God’ … is a dangerous form of naivete.... The romantic and triumphalistic view of African Christianity and its alleged potential to bless the whole world may be as naive as the equation of the Bible to the Word of God.” |
- Kwame Bediako’s Jesus in Africa, a critical review by Ben Knighton (2002)
http://www.ocms.ac.uk/regnum/review.php?review_id=4
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“Kwame Bediako welcomes the 'testing and affirming of insights'; it has fallen to me to initiate a little testing and affirming ….” (Knighton is Research Tutor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies; this review first appeared in Transformation 18.1 [2001]) |
- Is Europe the Exceptional Case? A Perspective from Africa (Zambia) by Joe Kapolyo (2002)
http://www.martynmission.cam.ac.uk/CJoeKapolyo.htm
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“My concern in this paper is … to ask the question whether the modernization of Africa will inevitably lead to the secularization of the continent?” (a paper prepared for the Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge, UK. Kapolyo was formerly Principal of All Nations Christian College, Ware, UK, and also formerly Principal of the Theological College of Central Africa, Ndola, Zambia). |
- Sundkler Deconstructed by Stephen Hayes
http://www.geocities.com/missionalia/bethesda.htm
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"Sundkler's Bantu Prophets in South Africa has been a seminal work in the study of AICs, ... and has shaped most subsequent writing about AICs.... In spite of its virtues, however, Sundkler’s Bantu Prophets has several serious shortcomings.... The Zionists were more biblical than Sundkler, and Sundkler was more syncretist than the Zionists." |
- Byang Kato by Keith Ferdinando
http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/kato_legacy.html
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“Byang Kato's contribution to the growth of African evangelical Christianity remains unique. The idea that he was ‘the founding father of modern African evangelical theology’ is no exaggeration …” (a classic article on Kato, originally published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 28.4 [October 2004], and now on the webpages of the The Dictionary of African Christian Biography) |
- Integrity of Mission in Light of the Gospel in Africa: A Perspective from an African in Diaspora by Tite Tiénou (2004)
http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/0plenary_papers/Tite_Tienou.pdf
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“I have decided to examine the integrity of mission in light of the Gospel by exploring the following issues: the Church as African and its implication for mission, the meaning of mission in Africa, the place of Africa in the world, the opportunities for the integrity of mission in Africa, and the requirement of integrity for the agents of mission. |
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- Christian Witness to People of African Traditional Religions edited by Tite Tienou (1980)
http://www.lausanne.org/pattaya-1980/lop-18.html
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"This paper is divided into two major sections. The first deals with a general understanding of African Traditional Religion (ATR) and our attitude toward it. The second deals with a selected comparison between ATR and Christianity and suggests some strategies for the proclamation of the gospel in a meaningful and effective manner." The paper was prepared by the "Mini-Consultation on Reaching Traditional Religionists (Africa)", a part of the Consultation on World Evangelization held in Pattaya, Thailand 16-27 June 1980. |
- Africa Traditional Religious System as a Basis of Understanding Christian Spiritual Warfare by Yusufu Turaki
http://www.lausanne.org/nairobi-2000/west-african-case-study.html
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"The primary objective of this paper is to define the African traditional religious system as the basis of understanding ... the application of Christian spirituality in Africa. There are basic African religious foundations that ... are essential for any Christian spiritual inquiry and application in Africa" (a paper presented at the "Deliver Us from Evil Consultation", held in Nairobi, Kenya, 16-22 August 2000, an event sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization together with the Association of Evangelicals in Africa). |
- Guide to the Christina M. Breman Papers, archival records at Yale University Library
http://webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/divinity.134.con.html
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This archival collection represents the source materials gathered by Breman while preparing her dissertation, The Association of Evangelicals in Africa: Its History, Organization, Members, Projects, External Relations, and Message (1996). Included are more than 8,000 photocopies in 26 boxes of materials relating to the Association of Evangelicalsin Africa (AEA), including documents relating to Byang Kato and Tokunboh Adeyemo. |
- More Light on Theological Education in Africa by Paul Bowers (1996).
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"Theological education is widely considered to be among the most strategic factors affecting the future vitality and direction of Africa's rapidly expanding Christian community. Nevertheless theological education in Africa remains among the least documented aspects of African Christianity...." |
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- New Light on Theological Education in Africa by Paul Bowers (1989).
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"The phenomenal growth of African Christianity has rightly focused attention on the role of theological education in Africa...." |
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- Nubian Christianity: The Neglected Heritage by Paul Bowers (1985).
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"The popular notion that Christianity is only a recent import to Africa is a misperception more widespread and influential on the continent than one might expect...." |
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- Hope for Africa by Joel Carpenter
http://www.calvin.edu/minds/vol01/issue02/hope-for-africa.php
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“There are four grim forces stalking Africa today. They could come straight out of the Book of Revelation, the white horse of political tyranny, the red horse of war, the black horse of poverty and famine, and the pale horse of disease and death. Even so, in each of these areas there are signs of hope …” (a lecture delivered at Calvin College, USA, 13 January 2004) |
- Evangelical Theology in Africa: Byang Kato's Legacy by Paul Bowers (1980).
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A review of Byang Kato’s Theological Pitfalls in Africa. "For those interested in Christianity in Africa, and especially for those interested in evangelical Christianity in Africa, it would be hard to over-emphasize the significance of this book....." |
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- What Theological Education for Africa Today?; by Kenneth Ross.
http://www.geocities.com/ccom_africa_forum/doc_files/020428AfricaForum_ken_ross_on_theol_educ_HIV_Aids.htm
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The available field for theological investigation in Africa “offers to the whole world the prospect of a great refreshment and renewal of our understanding of Christian faith that may be key to its prospects in the 21st century” (a paper given at the Africa Forum Residential Meeting in Dunblane, Scotland, 16-18 April 2002) |
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