Prophetic Christianity in Western Kenya - Political, Cultural and Theological Aspects of African Independent Churches

The first chapter of this book deals with the history of Christian mission activity in Western Kenya and points out the particularities of the missionaries as well as the mission churches. Within this context, the history of the African Independent Churches (AICs) is placed, which appear as a mergence of various traditions and motivations: the pursuit of independence from the colonial power and the mission churches connected with it, the preservation of traditional African religiousness and the absorption of Pentecostal piety with its heavy emphasis on the gifts of the spirit. In the following chapters the stance of AICs towards involvement in political debates is explored and discussed. This is done on the basis of semi-structured interviews with local leaders as well as bishops and representatives of church networks. Another topic is the contribution of AICs to the inculturation of the Christian faith in the African context - especially in view of the academic African Theology and the Pentecostal Churches. The last part of the book deals with the question of the future of the AICs and their ecumenical relations - this is done in the context of the rapid expansion Neo-Pentecostal groups and movements.

Table des matières

Contents : The question of prophetic and political mission of the African Independent Churches (AICs) as an authentically African mergence of traditional religion and Pentecostalism - Inculturation in action: African Christianity outside academic theology - History of AICs as movements of secession from the historical mainstream churches (mission churches) - Semi-structured interviews about: religion and culture, piety and liturgy, political involvement, gender, ecumenical relations, future prospects.

A propos de l'auteur

The Author: Marko Kuhn is a Catholic theologian and scholar of the History of Religion after studies at the German universities of Tübingen and Freiburg im Breisgau and research work in Kenya. Before obtaining his doctoral degree he has spent five years in Western Kenya and worked in the context of Catholic mission and development work. Having been engaged in pastoral work of his home diocese he is now serving as the head of the Africa-department at the Catholic Academic Service for Foreign Students (KAAD), based in Bonn.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marko Kuhn
• Edition: Peter Lang
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9783631570265
• ISBN: 978-3-631-57026-5
• Pages: 328
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 19 mm x 210 mm
• Poids: 460 g
• Thèmes: Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History o; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du chri; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History o; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du chri; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme