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Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd. Theological Education in Contemporary Africa
Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd. Theological Education in Contemporary Africa
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Introduction
T
heological education needs to be a priority for the churches
in Africa in the coming generation. The Christian faith has
taken root and has grown so quickly on the African continent
that it has been difficult for the churches to train and provide pastoral
leadership for congregations.
Those who provide theological training are often all too aware
that the job could be done better: more theological teachers are needed,
better libraries and facilities should be built, more encouragement to
do research and writing are essential. Perhaps most importantly, the
African context must be taken seriously.
The essays in this book only scratch the surface of the many
concerns of theological educators, theological students and church
leaders. A number of issues that have received attention in the past
(the importance of African traditional religion for African theology
and practice, culture and inculturation, liberation and the sad legacy
of colonialism, the often-alleged irrelevancy of missionary
Christianity for Africa, the paternalism of western Christianity vis-
à-vis the infant church in Africa) are not highlighted in this book.
Certainly these issues appear in many of the essays, but they are in
the background.
In the foreground are subjects of current and pressing need. In
the book these issues are divided into two categories: ‘Theological
Foundations’ and ‘Contemporary Issues.’
Part One addresses ‘Theological Foundations.’ The five essays
in this section deal with the Bible, Theology and Ecumenism. The
subjects of theological methods, contextual hermeneutics, and
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Introduction 3
Grant LeMarquand
Joseph D. Galgalo
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