Byang Kato: Africa's Foremost Twentieth-Century Evangelical Theological Leader

In the mid-twentieth century, Byang Kato swam against the tide of accommodating traditional African religious ideas within African Christianity. His energetic articulation and defence of historic Christian truth remain influential today. In this article, one of his successors describes Kato's p...

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Main Author: Foday-Khabenje, Aiah Dorkuh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2021
In: Evangelical review of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 198-210
RelBib Classification:BS Traditional African religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
FA Theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDG Free church
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Summary:In the mid-twentieth century, Byang Kato swam against the tide of accommodating traditional African religious ideas within African Christianity. His energetic articulation and defence of historic Christian truth remain influential today. In this article, one of his successors describes Kato's personal story, theological work and ongoing importance.
ISSN:0144-8153
Contains:Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology