Clifton Clarke has also written a book on African Christology so it’s not surprising that he wrote the chapter on christology in Pentecostal Theology in Africa. He argues that the Pentecostal understanding of Jesus is primarily that of Healer. The christology of Jesus as healer is a result of African […]
You are one of the ‘subaltern’, having the unique experience of being on the underside of society. How do you live in a world that seems set against you? You are part of the centre, one of the powerful people. (That’s me, by the way, and probably you.) You like […]
Let’s return to Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations and the chapter by Victor Ifeanyi Ezigbo and Reggie L Williams, ‘Converting a colonialist Christ: toward an African postcolonial Christology’. Ezigbo and Williams begin by pointing to the African theological quest to reimagine Jesus’ identity and significance for today. It might sound strange to reimagine […]
You hear stories from time to time of missionaries who become pluralists relativists. I can see how it happens. It might be that you go into another culture with the idea that you’re bringing something unique, only to discover that it’s already there. Red Twin tells me that it’s a […]
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