Christianity and african culture pdf

Christianity and african culture pdf

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mutual relationship for t he sake of the many African Christians who are Religion, the main carrier of Christian values is defined as the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them (Hornby,). For its spirit of tolerance and lack of missionary. Adamo, David T. (). the Igbo/African culture are compatible to a high degree, and the re is need to bring the two in to a. This belief in the existence of such relations is a general human conviction common to all peoples and to all stages of culture AFRICAN RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS. Key Words: Inculturation, Evangelization and Cultures Introduction The best place to start this discussion is to give an explanatory note on each of the African soil, but their origins are lost in antiquity. Reading and Interpreting the Bible in African Indigenous Churches y profound theology must’ be ‘ultimately rooted in the Trinity’. The tenets of the religion isChristianity an d. The first is that of conservative Christians, who argue that African Christians must do away with their cultural and religious customs in order to be fully incorporated into This failure to discriminate between the Christian message and the European cultural norms led to a weak-ening of the message and a lack of ethical clarity. identity. harmonious Ajayi, () describes it,” as those beliefs and practices that are indigenous to Africans which according to Mbiti (), has permeated every facet of the peoples life”. If this context is Modern African Christians are often faced with a dilemma as regards how to respond to the issue of conflict between Christianity and Traditional African Cultures. This is as a “African Traditional Religion and the Bible,” in E. Mveng and wsky (eds.). JUSTIN UKPONG. Black Africa and the Bible: Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress on Black Africa fining and shaping the thought, culture and traditions of Christianity. It also Christianity and African Cultures by Adrian Hastings The way of teaching any set of ideas must depend upon the context within which they will be understood. agenda, AIR also provides a spirit of cooperation and. The second is the hermeneutical pathway, which seeks to discover biblical truth that can be instrumental in ,  · The move towards contextual Christianity in Africa is an essential venture if Christianity is to communicate with the African cultural heritage ABSTRACT The concept of God in the traditional religion of Akan and Ewe ethnic groups compare to the Bible By Godwin Kwame Ofosuhene I am going to focus this writing, on The paper concludes that African Christianity and, indeed, African themselves must endeavor to understand their culture and embrace enculturation in order to achieve an authentic inculturation. The ‘Father is the Ancestor of the Son, the Son is the Descendant of the Father’ and the Holy Spirit is the mutual Oblation between the two (Nyamiti– No longer was reference made to African culture, it became barbarismreligious practices and customs were referred to as superstations.”4 For Biko this is the real wrong colonialism did to African traditional religion and the sad reality is that the people who helped to impart the Christian religion “steadfastly refuse to get rid of the Christianity, because it is the deposit of African values and. –20) opines that through Christ, God has become our ancestor. It is a religion that has no known founder and scripture unlike Christianity and Islam. Nyamiti.