TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parratt,John
TI  - Reinventing Christianity: African theology today 
SN  - 0802841139
AV  - BT 30.A428 P247 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Eerdmans
KW  - THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL
KW  - AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - 20TH CENTURY
KW  - CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS
KW  - AFRICAN
KW  - AFRICA
KW  - RELIGION
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Author's note --
Abbreviations --
I. The emergence of Christian theology in Africa --
The historical roots of African theology --
Currents and influences --

II. The theological method --
African theology --
The Catholic contribution to the theological method --
The protestant contribution to the theological method --
Feminist perspectives --

III. Scripture and revelation --
The biblical hermeneutic --
God and Revelation --

IV. African religions and Christian dogma --
The problem of Christology --
Community and participation --
Eschatology and sacrament --

V. Two theological reconstructions --
F. Eboussi Boulaga: Christianity as myth --
Benezet Bujo: Christianity as ancestral theology --

VI. Political theologies --
Theology, protest, and socialism --
Black theology --

VII. The south African voice --
Manas Buthelezi: theology and true humanity --
Allan Boesak: a black theological ethic --
The second stage in black theology --

VIII. Enduring problems --
The theological and biblical method --
Theology and black experience --

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