Odwira and the Gospel

Odwira and the Gospel PDF Author: Frank Kwesi Adams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1610974395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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The study of the Odwira festival is the key to the understanding of Asante religious and political life in Ghana. The book explores the nature of the Odwira festival longitudinally--in pre-colonial, colonial and post-independence Ghana--and examines the Odwira ideology and its implications for understanding the Asante self-identity. The book also discusses how some elements of faith portrayed in the Odwira festival could provide a framework for Christianity to engage with Asante culture at a greater depth. Theological themes in Asante belief that have emerged from this study include the theology of sacrament, ecclesiology, eschatology, Christology and a complex concept of time. The author argues that Asante cultural identity lies at the heart of the process by which the Asante Christian faith is carried forward.

Odwira and the Gospel

Odwira and the Gospel PDF Author: Frank Kwesi Adams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1610974395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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Book Description
The study of the Odwira festival is the key to the understanding of Asante religious and political life in Ghana. The book explores the nature of the Odwira festival longitudinally--in pre-colonial, colonial and post-independence Ghana--and examines the Odwira ideology and its implications for understanding the Asante self-identity. The book also discusses how some elements of faith portrayed in the Odwira festival could provide a framework for Christianity to engage with Asante culture at a greater depth. Theological themes in Asante belief that have emerged from this study include the theology of sacrament, ecclesiology, eschatology, Christology and a complex concept of time. The author argues that Asante cultural identity lies at the heart of the process by which the Asante Christian faith is carried forward.

Mission in the Spirit

Mission in the Spirit PDF Author: Julie C. Ma
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345842
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Christianity and Education

Christianity and Education PDF Author: David Emmanuel Singh
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345811
Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Korean Diaspora and Christian Mission

Korean Diaspora and Christian Mission PDF Author: Sŭng-hun Kim
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Book Description
As a 'divine conspiracy' for Missio Dei, the global phenomenon of people on the move has shown itself to be invaluable. In 2004 two significant documents concerning Diaspora were introduced, one by the Filipino International Network and the other by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. These have created awareness of the importance of people on the move for Christian mission. Since then, Korean Diaspora has conducted similar research among Korean missions, resulting in this book. It is unique as the first volume researching Korean missions in Diasporic contexts, appraising and evaluating these missions with practical illustrations, and drawing on a wide diversity of researchers.

Leadership and Authority

Leadership and Authority PDF Author: Titré Ande
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345729
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Regnum Studies in Mission are born from the lived experience of Christians and Christian communities in mission, especially but not solely in the fast growing churches among the poor of the world. These churches have more to tell than stories of growth. They are making significant impacts on their cultures in the cause of Christ. They are producing 'cultural products' which express the reality of Christian faith, hope and love in their societies.

Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity

Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity PDF Author: Dietrich Werner
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608991032
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 803

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The Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity is the first attempt to map and analyze developments in theological education on a global scale. This volume, with contributions from 98 leaders in theological education from around the world, provides a comprehensive introduction to the major themes and contexts in the international discourse on theological education, surveys of the issues and challenges faced in different regions, and introductory essays on the developments in the major denominational families in World Christianity. The editors are Dietrich Werner, World Council of Churches, Geneva; David Esterline, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago; Namsoon Kang, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth; and Joshva Raja, Queen's Foundation, Birmingham.

Civilisations in Conflict?

Civilisations in Conflict? PDF Author: J. Andrew Kirk
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345873
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor)

Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor) PDF Author: Rudolf K. Gaisie
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725252856
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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This book seeks to demonstrate the significance of Ancestor Christology in African Christianity for christological developments in World Christianity. Ancestor Christology has developed in the process of an African conversion story of appropriating the mystery of Christ (Eph 3:4) in the category of ancestors. Logos Christology in early Christian history developed as an intricate byproduct in the conversion process of turning Hellenistic ideas towards the direction of Christ (A. F. Walls). Hellenistic Christian writers and modern African Christian writers thus share some things in common and when their efforts are examined within the conversion process framework there are discernible modes of engagement. The mode of Logos Christology that one finds in Origen, for example, is an innovative application of the understanding of Jesus Christ as Logos (incarnate); a new key but not discontinuous with the Johannine suggestive mode or the clarificatory mode of Justin Martyr. African Ancestor Christology is at the threshold of an innovative mode and the argument this book makes is that this strand of African Christology should be pursued in the indigenous languages aided by respective translated Bibles; a suggested way is a Logos-Ancestor (Nanasɛm) discourse in Akan Christianity.

Jesus and the Gospel in Africa

Jesus and the Gospel in Africa PDF Author: Kwame Bediako
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1570755426
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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"Jesus and the Gospel in Africa collects writings by Kwame Bediako and is the best source for his insights into the Christ of present-day African history and the Jesus of African faith. Bediako shows how intimately bound together are such elements as the message of Jesus and the struggle to give birth to African democracy." --Book Jacket.

Searching for Heaven in the Real World

Searching for Heaven in the Real World PDF Author: Kathryn Ann Kraft
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1620329069
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 169

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Searching for Heaven in the Real World A Sociological Discussion of Conversion in the Arab World While adjusting to a new identity is akin to adjusting to a new set of skin, even more difficult is realising that this new skin may not be as comfortable or as pleasant as the old one. In Searching for Heaven in the Real World, Kathryn Kraft explores the breadth of psychological and societal issues faced by Arab Muslims after making a decision to adopt a faith in Christ or Christianity, investigating some of the most surprising and significant challenges new believers face. Arab Muslims arrive at a point of new faith with great expectations. With such high hopes for what they will experience in their new identity, they are bound to encounter a reality that is different. They need to invest a great deal of emotional energy in addressing their expectations and what they actually encounter. Even so, those who stay the course of faith usually hold on to their dreams, believing that heaven is not only for the afterlife but it is for the real world as well.