No Condition Is Permanent: Time as Method in Contemporary African Christian Theology

This article argues that contemporary African Christian theology has largely understood time from a modern, linear perspective, which sees history as progress. Interestingly, the perception of history as progress is the straitjacket into which the story of Africa in the modern world has been told, o...

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Main Author: Ngong, David Tonghou 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2021]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-41
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Theology / Time / Interpretation of / Palimpsest (Motif) / Transitoriness
RelBib Classification:CA Christianity
CF Christianity and Science
FA Theology
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B John Mbiti
B Inculturation
B Achille Mbembe
B Musa Dube
B palimpsestic time
B Mercy Amba Oduyoye
B African Theology
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