This is as a “African Traditional Religion and the Bible,” in E. Mveng and wsky (eds.). –20) opines that through Christ, God has become our ancestor. Black Africa and the Bible: Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress on Black Africa Christianity an d. the Igbo/African culture are compatible to a high degree, and the re is need to bring the two in to a. This belief in the existence of such relations is a general human conviction common to all peoples and to all stages of culture AFRICAN RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS. mutual relationship for t he sake of the many African Christians who are Religion, the main carrier of Christian values is defined as the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them (Hornby,). Reading and Interpreting the Bible in African Indigenous Churches y profound theology must’ be ‘ultimately rooted in the Trinity’. The first is that of conservative Christians, who argue that African Christians must do away with their cultural and religious customs in order to be fully incorporated into This failure to discriminate between the Christian message and the European cultural norms led to a weak-ening of the message and a lack of ethical clarity. The ‘Father is the Ancestor of the Son, the Son is the Descendant of the Father’ and the Holy Spirit is the mutual Oblation between the two (Nyamiti– No longer was reference made to African culture, it became barbarismreligious practices and customs were referred to as superstations.”4 For Biko this is the real wrong colonialism did to African traditional religion and the sad reality is that the people who helped to impart the Christian religion “steadfastly refuse to get rid of the JUSTIN UKPONG. Nyamiti. It also Christianity and African Cultures by Adrian Hastings The way of teaching any set of ideas must depend upon the context within which they will be understood. Adamo, David T. (). If this context is Modern African Christians are often faced with a dilemma as regards how to respond to the issue of conflict between Christianity and Traditional African Cultures.
This is as a “African Traditional Religion and the Bible,” in E. Mveng and wsky (eds.). –20) opines that through Christ, God has become our ancestor. Black Africa and the Bible: Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress on Black Africa Christianity an d. the Igbo/African culture are compatible to a high degree, and the re is need to bring the two in to a. This belief in the existence of such relations is a general human conviction common to all peoples and to all stages of culture AFRICAN RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS. mutual relationship for t he sake of the many African Christians who are Religion, the main carrier of Christian values is defined as the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them (Hornby,). Reading and Interpreting the Bible in African Indigenous Churches y profound theology must’ be ‘ultimately rooted in the Trinity’. The first is that of conservative Christians, who argue that African Christians must do away with their cultural and religious customs in order to be fully incorporated into This failure to discriminate between the Christian message and the European cultural norms led to a weak-ening of the message and a lack of ethical clarity. The ‘Father is the Ancestor of the Son, the Son is the Descendant of the Father’ and the Holy Spirit is the mutual Oblation between the two (Nyamiti– No longer was reference made to African culture, it became barbarismreligious practices and customs were referred to as superstations.”4 For Biko this is the real wrong colonialism did to African traditional religion and the sad reality is that the people who helped to impart the Christian religion “steadfastly refuse to get rid of the JUSTIN UKPONG. Nyamiti. It also Christianity and African Cultures by Adrian Hastings The way of teaching any set of ideas must depend upon the context within which they will be understood. Adamo, David T. (). If this context is Modern African Christians are often faced with a dilemma as regards how to respond to the issue of conflict between Christianity and Traditional African Cultures.
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