عنوان

African Traditional Religions in Christian Mission and Christian Scholarship:

شماره

LA126753

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

African Traditional Religions in Christian Mission and Christian Scholarship:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Re-Opening a Debate That Never Started

نام نخستين پديدآور

Tinyiko Sam Maluleke

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In this essay I wish to argue that denial, outright dismissal, distortion and dismissive containment have been and continue to be aptly descriptive of the manner in which Christian mission and Christian scholarship have related to and dealt with African Traditional Religions (ATRs). This, I want to further suggest, has been as true of the South African situation as it has been true of the rest of the continent. Although most prevalent during the earliest periods of contact between Christianity and ATRs, the attitude which I am characterising as outright dismissal is by no means totally extinct today. This article seeks to re-open the question of the place ofATRs in the world of religions with particular reference to their relation to Christianity. This will be done by reference to three important 'voices': Okot p'Bitek, African theology and South African Black Theology. In this essay I wish to argue that denial, outright dismissal, distortion and dismissive containment have been and continue to be aptly descriptive of the manner in which Christian mission and Christian scholarship have related to and dealt with African Traditional Religions (ATRs). This, I want to further suggest, has been as true of the South African situation as it has been true of the rest of the continent. Although most prevalent during the earliest periods of contact between Christianity and ATRs, the attitude which I am characterising as outright dismissal is by no means totally extinct today. This article seeks to re-open the question of the place ofATRs in the world of religions with particular reference to their relation to Christianity. This will be done by reference to three important 'voices': Okot p'Bitek, African theology and South African Black Theology.

تاريخ نشر

1998

توصيف ظاهري

121-137

عنوان

Religion and Theology

شماره جلد

5/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1574-3012

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Tinyiko Sam Maluleke

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157430198X00011

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y