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| Titre : | Post-Christianity in Africa : A Theological and Anthropological Study |
| Auteurs : | G. C. Oosthuizen, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Grand Rapids [USA] : William B. Eerdmans, 1968 |
| Format : | xiv + 273 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | HH (Histoire de l'Eglise/protestantisme: Afrique, Madagascar et Moyen-Orient) |
| Résumé : |
In Africa today there are about 6,000 religious movements, which have grown initially out of the Church — leaving its fold mainly because it is a ‘foreign’, non-African institution, and incorporating into their doctrine non-Christian éléments. In South Africa alone, there are soine 3,000 of these movements—they are to be found also in the independent States of East, West, North and Central Africa.
Independentism in its many forms — Churches, Christian sects and Nativistic movements — is in most cases a reaction against the ‘White man’s Church’ and the mission, with the paternalistic attitude they hâve found difficult to shake off over the years, and their deep suspicion of indigenous religious expression. It is also a retreat to the safety of traditional religion and culture in face of the socially disruptive forces of modem industrial civilization. Professer Oosthuizen carries his examination of the independent movements an important stage further than the other major studies of this subject. Besides providing extensive detail regarding the beliefs and practices of the movements, he subjects these beliefs and practices to searching theological analysis. Among the subjects examined are the relation between the Holy Spirit according to Scripture and the ancestor spirit; baptism and purification rites; how the Old Testament is interpreted in the movements; sin — whether it is guilt before God or before the ancestor-dominated community; the spiritual content of ritual and the use of holy water; healing, etc. He sees the phenomenal growth of independentism as a reproach to the ‘established’ Churches for their detachment from the African existential situation, and their resulting irrelevance in the African context. In his last two chapters, he discusses the ways in which the Church can try to remedy a situation which some might think almost past remedy. His answers are specific and far-reaching, with a relevance for churchmen in many coun-tries. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction - 1. The Church in the African Context - 2. An Introduction to the Independent Movements in Africa: (i) South Africa / (ii) Shembe, Lekganyane and Mgijima / (iii) The Congo / (iv) Central Africa / (v) East Africa / (vi) West Africa - 3. Classification of the Independent Movements: their Eschatology and Christology: (i) Classification / (ii) Eschatology and Christology - 4. Misunderstanding of the Biblical Meaning of the Holy Spirit in the Independent Movements - 5. Revival in the Early Church in North Africa and in the Western World - 6. The Old Testament in the Church in Africa - 7. Some Features of the Independent Movements: (i) Polygamy / (ii) Sacred Sites / (iii) Water / (iv) The Concept of Sin - 8. The Ethnocentric ‘Ecclesiology’ of the Movements - 9. The Church and the Road to the Future: (i) Religion versus Revelation / (ii) Liturgy - 10. Communication of the Christian Faith in Africa: (i) The Word / (ii) Language / (iii) Culture / (iv) The undivided fellowship between believers of different cultural groups according to Scripture - 11. Theological Training in the African Context - Index |
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