TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernhard Dinkelaker
PY  - 2017
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2196-0615
SN  - 9783631730515
TI  - How Is Jesus Christ Lord?
T2  - Reading Kwame Bediako from a Postcolonial and Intercontextual Perspective
DO  - 10.3726/b11675
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110208
N2  - The centre of gravity of World Christianity has moved to the South. The numerical growth of African Christians however does not manifest itself in academic theology. Kwame Bediako (1945–2008) is a voice from Ghana that claims a space for African contributions in theology. His quest for identity, his analysis of mission, culture and language, and his critique of a ‹Western value setting› raise issues that are relevant beyond his own context. His statement that Africa is a ‹laboratory› for World Christianity challenges theological debates. His Christological approach is the key to critical engagement with church and society. The book analyses Bediako’s work from a postcolonial and intercontextual perspective. His contribution marks an unfinished agenda in African-European encounters.
KW  - African Theology, African agency, Akan Culture, Translation, Primal Religion, Enlightenment
LA  - English
ER  -