%0 Book
%A Bernhard Dinkelaker
%D 2017
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 2196-0615
%@ 9783631730515
%T How Is Jesus Christ Lord?
%B Reading Kwame Bediako from a Postcolonial and Intercontextual Perspective
%R 10.3726/b11675
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110208
%X 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.
%K African Theology, African agency, Akan Culture, Translation, Primal Religion, Enlightenment
%G English