Overcoming Invented Ogres: African Traditional Religions and World Religions in African Christian Perspective
This article seeks to challenge theological educators from the West, and those who use Western languages and resources, in their educational interaction with African and other majority- world students. It advocates for education rooted in indigenous rather than Western ways of understanding. As its...
| Published in: | Evangelical review of theology |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Paternoster Periodicals
[2018]
|
| In: |
Evangelical review of theology
|
| RelBib Classification: | BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Christians B LANGUAGE & languages B Linguistics B theory of knowledge |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This article seeks to challenge theological educators from the West, and those who use Western languages and resources, in their educational interaction with African and other majority- world students. It advocates for education rooted in indigenous rather than Western ways of understanding. As its primary illustration, the article shows how the categories of "African traditional religions" (ATRs) and "world religions" (WRs) turn out to be Western inventions with an incomplete grasp of reality. The implicit categorization of other "religions" with respect to Western Protestant Christianity have become a major bias of which Western missionaries should be aware when they seek to share Christ outside their own comfort and competence zones. I address these issues from extensive experience in theological education. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0144-8153 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology
|