Faces of Jesus in Africa
Faces of Jesus in Africa

Author: Robert J. Schreiter

Publisher: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Theological and mission worlds have long known the need to radically reinterpret christology for cultural realms not formed by Israelite and Western religious and cultural traditions. In Faces of Jesus in Africa, Robert Schreiter has compiled essays by ten creative French and English speaking African theologians, thinkers who are moving beyond prescribing what should be done to actually doing it. -- Christianbook.

Is Africa Cursed?
Is Africa Cursed?

Author: Tokunboh Adeyemo

Publisher: WordAlive Publishers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9966805133

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Africa's heartrending picture begs the question: Is Africa cursed? In this book, the author conveys a winning message - that there can be hope for Africa. He unwraps Africa's place in the Bible, wards off superstition and advocates Christians' active engagement in transforming Africa.

African Theology in Images
African Theology in Images

Author: Martin Ott

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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This is a revised and updated edition of the comprehensive study of the role of art in the process of inculturation in Africa, first issued in 2000. The study is a substantial contribution toward a theology of inculcation in Africa, and enriches the debate on indigenous African and Christian artistic traditions. It represents the first systematic theology constructed in and from Malawi that establishes a theology of symbolic expression in Africa.

The Church as Salt and Light
The Church as Salt and Light

Author: Stan Chu Ilo

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1630879614

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This book is an attempt at a critical, constructive, and creative theological praxis of social transformation in Africa. The authors apply a multi-disciplinary approach to examining how Christianity in Africa is engaging the problems of Africa's challenging social context. This is a prophetic work that applies the symbols of "salt" and "light" as ecclesiological images for reenvisioning the path towards procuring abundant life for God's people in the African continent through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors to this volume ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? How can one evaluate the relevance of the Church in Africa to African Christians who enthusiastically embrace and celebrate their Christian faith? In other words, what positive imprint is Christianity leaving on the lives and societies of African Christians? Does the Christian message have the potential of positively affecting African civilization as it once did in Europe? What is the relevance and place of African Christianity as a significant voice in shaping both the future of Africa and that of world Christianity?

The Myriad Christ
The Myriad Christ

Author: Terrence Merrigan

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 9789042909007

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"Papers gathered here are the fruit of an international congress held at the Faculty of Theology of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 18-21 November, 1997."--Pref.

What Did Jesus Look Like?
What Did Jesus Look Like?

Author: Joan E. Taylor

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0567671518

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Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks and pristine linen robes. But what did Jesus really look like? Is our popular image of Jesus overly westernized and untrue to historical reality? This question continues to fascinate. Leading Christian Origins scholar Joan E. Taylor surveys the historical evidence, and the prevalent image of Jesus in art and culture, to suggest an entirely different vision of this most famous of men. He may even have had short hair.