Preaching and cultural identity : proclaiming the gospel in Africa

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Author:

Kurewa, John Wesley Zwomunondiita.

ISBN:

9780687090310

Personal Author:

Kurewa, John Wesley Zwomunondiita.

Publication Information:

Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2000.

Physical Description:

232 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. African Cultural Background -- Ch. 2. Preaching in the Early Church -- Ch. 3. Preaching of the Middle Ages and Reformation -- Ch. 4. Defining Preaching in the African Context -- Ch. 5. Using the Bible in Preaching -- Ch. 6. African Spirituality for Preaching -- Ch. 7. African Characteristics of Preaching -- Ch. 8. Planning for Preaching -- Ch. 9. Preparing Sermons for Preaching -- Ch. 10. A Charge for Preaching.

Subject Term:

Preaching -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Christianity and culture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

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Summary

The thesis of this book is threefold: (1) that the Church in Africa continues to affirm the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ; (2) that the Church in Africa learns afresh to indigenize itself to the point that Christianity truly becomes an African religion; and (3) that preaching in Africa needs to increasingly use African historical, cultural, traditional-religious concepts, imagery, and idiom (rather than missionary-given Western forms) in order to communicate the gospel more effectively in the new millennium.

Kurewa invites the African Church to take a closer look at African culture as God-given, rather than continuing to preach, worship, sing, and counsel as if imitating Western missionaries. Kurewa urges the African Church to claim its own culture with pride and integrity. He gives examples on how specific customs can be integrated into Christian life, worship, and preaching.