عنوان

Theology as the Construction of Piety:

شماره

LA123235

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Theology as the Construction of Piety:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

A Critique of the Theology of Inculturation and the Pentecostalization of African Christianity

نام نخستين پديدآور

David T. Ngong

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This essay argues that an important task of theology is the construction of piety. It draws from a few critical moments in the development of Christianity, such as the development of the doctrine of God and Christology in the early church and the rejection of materialistic Christianity in early modern Europe, to argue that these moments reflect the theological struggle to shape Christian piety. The idea that theology is concerned with the shaping of piety is then used to evaluate African theology of inculturation, which has now flowered in the Pentecostalization of African Christianity. It argues that although the theology of inculturation may be helpful in constructing a viable African theology, uncritically embracing the spiritualized cosmology of African traditional societies in salvific discourses promotes a form of piety that is ill-equipped to overcome the marginalization of the continent in the modern world. This essay argues that an important task of theology is the construction of piety. It draws from a few critical moments in the development of Christianity, such as the development of the doctrine of God and Christology in the early church and the rejection of materialistic Christianity in early modern Europe, to argue that these moments reflect the theological struggle to shape Christian piety. The idea that theology is concerned with the shaping of piety is then used to evaluate African theology of inculturation, which has now flowered in the Pentecostalization of African Christianity. It argues that although the theology of inculturation may be helpful in constructing a viable African theology, uncritically embracing the spiritualized cosmology of African traditional societies in salvific discourses promotes a form of piety that is ill-equipped to overcome the marginalization of the continent in the modern world.

تاريخ نشر

2012

توصيف ظاهري

344-362

عنوان

Journal of Pentecostal Theology

شماره جلد

21/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1745-5251

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Traditional Religions

اصطلاح موضوعی

inculturation

اصطلاح موضوعی

materialistic Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

Pentecostalization

اصطلاح موضوعی

piety

اصطلاح موضوعی

salvation

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David T. Ngong

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/17455251-02102010

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y