Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 Defining and locating evangelicalism
- Part I: Evangelicals and Christian doctrine
- Part II: The contexts of evangelical theology
- 10 Evangelical theology and culture
- 11 Evangelical theology and gender
- 12 Race and the experience of death: theologically reappraising American evangelicalism
- 13 Evangelical theology and the religions
- 14 Evangelical theology in African contexts
- 15 Evangelical theology in Asian contexts
- 16 British (and European) evangelical theologies
- 17 Evangelical theology in Latin American contexts
- 18 Evangelical theology in North American contexts
- Index
14 - Evangelical theology in African contexts
from Part II: - The contexts of evangelical theology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2007
- Frontmatter
- 1 Defining and locating evangelicalism
- Part I: Evangelicals and Christian doctrine
- Part II: The contexts of evangelical theology
- 10 Evangelical theology and culture
- 11 Evangelical theology and gender
- 12 Race and the experience of death: theologically reappraising American evangelicalism
- 13 Evangelical theology and the religions
- 14 Evangelical theology in African contexts
- 15 Evangelical theology in Asian contexts
- 16 British (and European) evangelical theologies
- 17 Evangelical theology in Latin American contexts
- 18 Evangelical theology in North American contexts
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the conscious and academic theologizing done by evangelicals on the African continent. The purpose thus stated seeks to specify the nature of the present study on one hand and, on the other hand, it acknowledges the fact that conscious academic theology is not necessarily the same as the theology lived and practiced by Christians on a daily basis, whether in Africa or elsewhere in the world. As we will see in the following pages, one needs to keep in mind the distinction between academic and lived theology as one explores evangelical theology in an African context. In light of the foregoing, then, I will first make some brief remarks on the words evangelicalism, theology, and African. Secondly, I will describe the background of contemporary Christian conscious theologizing in Africa. Thirdly, I will review the role of Byang Kato in determining the specificity of evangelical theology in Africa. This will bring us to the concluding section where the status of current concerns in evangelical theologizing in the continent will be examined.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology , pp. 213 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007