Goussikindey, Eugene Didier A. (1997) The Christic Model of Eboussi Boulaga: A Critical Exposition and Evaluation of an African Recapture of Christianity. PhD thesis, University of St. Michael's College.
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Abstract
The Coming of the 'Third Church' in the landscape of the two thousand years old complex of Christian traditions has triggered waves of questions which have broadened and further complexified the scope of present-day theological inquiries. In effect, since echoes of the muffled voices of the poor in Latin America have been heard and amplified from within the small Christian communities, the trumpet of "liberation" has made its way into theology as a legitimate concern of the Church. But, more striking, and perhaps more challenging, is the recognition of the spiritual and religious values of non-Christian traditions of Asia and Africa following centuries of the Christian West's imperial rule over these continents. If "dialogue" has become the keynote of the confrontation with Asia, "inculturation" appears as the catchword in Africa's quest for the rehabilitation of its cultures. Indeed, since the 1957 manifesto of African and Haitian priests: Des Pretres noirs s 'interrogenf, tremendous efforts have been made in this prospect to reappropriate Christianity in Africa. It has even been commonly agreed that unless Christianity subsumes and permeates African cultures, i.e. unless Christianity is "inculturated" in Africa, it is doomed to die like the once flourishing Church of North Africa.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | The Christic Model, The Christic Model, Revisiting the Paths to God in Africa, Inter-mission, Exposition., Prior to Dogma, Problematic of the Universal, Christic-Phenomenon Reinterpreted, God-talk Revisited, Evaluation, Jesus, Son ofGod and God, African Metamorphoses |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
| Divisions: | Afro-Christiana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2014 08:20 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2018 13:03 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/98 |
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