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Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Since the 1960s African theology has been a locus of debate on the relevance of the ChristianGod in African societies. Pioneer African theologians felt the need to protest against what wasconsidered as the disregard or even denial of African religions cultures by Western missionaries.They called for a theology that would take seriously African religious values. The Christologicalinquiry, that is, the question about how to present Christ meaningfully to Africans has dominatedthis debate for more than 30 years. This enquiry is based on the assumption that missionaryChristianity did not bring God to Africa, rather it brought Christ. Hence presenting Christthrough African symbols will help Africans to become Christians without losing their identity.However, there seem to be a shift in the recent times. Young African theologians see the need tomove away from a cultural nostalgic anti-missionary theology to a free expression of theChristian faith in such a way that it responds to the Africans' present search for meaning as wellas the necessary healthy tension between the Gospel and Cultures. This theology is more criticaland kerygmatic. While prlonging the intuition of pioneer African theologians, it seeks to offerbroader scriptural and dogmatic bases to faith interpretation in Africa.The book, Jesus in Post-Missionary Africa-Questions and Issues in African ContextualChristology, proposed here by the Claretian theologian, Nicholas Mbogu takes its place in thisrefreshing shift of emphasis. The author states clearly that our proclamation of God in Africa willbe seriously deficient without an adequate Christology.The book is presented in ten chapters. Chapters 1-3 present the origin and development oftheology in Africa. It is shown clearly that since the seminal gestures of Black priests who wrotethe famous book, Des pretres noirs s'interrogant, 1956, asking whether and how catholicity canintegrate the Negritude, African theology has affirmed and consolidated itself as a contextualtheology that is mindful of orthodoxy. With dexterity, the author shows the interpretation oftheology and historical events, as well as historical science and literature. Political and economicdevelopments, especially the searach for independence and distorted systems of post-colonialgovernment also affected theology in Africa. [...]
