African religions as “parables of the Kingdom”? Karl Barth and Kwame Bediako on revelation and culture

This article engages Swiss theologian Karl Barth’s understanding of true words of revelation coming through cultural media (“parables of the Kingdom” in Church Dogmatics IV/3, §69.2) in juxtaposition with Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako’s understanding of African traditional religions as “evangeli...

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Main Author: Hartman, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Stellenbosch University 2019
In: Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-109
RelBib Classification:BS Traditional African religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDD Protestant Church
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