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Poverty in the Book of Proverbs
An African Transformational Hermeneutic of Proverbs on Poverty
Inbunden, 2008
1135 kr
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Western interpretations of poverty proverbs in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs have tended to see a status quo acceptance in the ancient texts, thus neglecting existential challenges of the poverty issue. In contrast, Lechion Peter Kimilike argues that African proverbial material on poverty may …
Holy Spirit and Salvation in African Christian Theology
Imagining a More Hopeful Future for Africa
Inbunden, 2010
1046 kr
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The Holy Spirit and Salvation in African Christian Theology challenges the dominant understanding of the Holy Spirit in African Christian salvific discourse. The most prevalent approach in reflections on the Holy Spirit and salvation in African Christian theology insists that these doctrines be …
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier
Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
Av Stephen C. Volz, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2011
932 kr
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African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier is an exploration of the profound social and personal changes that accompanied the expansion of European influence in the interior of southern Africa during the nineteenth century, focusing on the role played by Tswana Christian evangelists. Drawing on a …
Culture, Religion, and the Reintegration of Female Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda
Av Bard Maeland
Inbunden, 2010
1215 kr
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The reintegration of thousands of formerly abducted children from the Lord’s Resistance Army back to their families and communities in northern Uganda represents tremendous challenges. Culture, Religion, and the Reintegration of Female Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda examines cultural and …
Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa
God’s Warriors and Mary’s Saints
Inbunden, 2010
1290 kr
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Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa is the first major, original, and extensive research-based study of the apocalyptic and doomsday Catholic Marian Movement and its Benedictine monastic moral and religious practices, including vows of poverty, celibacy, obedience, daily contemplation in …
Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa
God’s Warriors and Mary’s Saints
Häftad, 2010
643 kr
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Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa is the first major, original, and extensive research-based study of the apocalyptic and doomsday Catholic Marian Movement and its Benedictine monastic moral and religious practices, including vows of poverty, celibacy, obedience, daily contemplation in …
Indigenous Christianity in Madagascar
The Power to Heal in Community
Inbunden, 2011
972 kr
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Madagascar is a poor country with very little power on the world stage. As a former French colony, Madagascar’s wealth has often been viewed as available to others with more power to take and use as they please. This trend continues today; while its unique flora and fauna and potential mineral …
Fourth Self
Theological Education to Facilitate Self-Theologizing for Local Church Leaders in Kenya
Inbunden, 2013
998 kr
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The research and reflections in The Fourth Self come from the author’s almost thirty years of interaction in mission endeavors, primarily in Kenya, starting with an evangelism and church planting emphasis, to maturing young churches, and then various methods of leadership development. Much of what …
Improving Preaching by Listening to Listeners
Sunday Service Preaching in the Malagasy Lutheran Church
Inbunden, 2012
990 kr
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Improving Preaching by Listening to Listeners: Sunday Service Preaching in the Malagasy Lutheran Church explores the reaction of the congregation to Sunday preaching. Preaching has been a significant activity since the founding of the Lutheran Church in Madagascar in 1867. However, hardly any …
Reconciled Community of Suffering Disciples
Aspects of a Contextual Somali Ecclesiology
Inbunden, 2014
1066 kr
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Church members among the ethnic Somali population in the Horn of Africa constitute a culturally marginalized and persecuted minority. Despite more than a hundred years of Protestant missionary efforts, the growth of the church has remained slow and protracted. The very concept of «Somali Christian» …
Restoring Dignity in Rural and Urban Madagascar
On How Religion Creates New Life-stories
Inbunden, 2014
972 kr
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Christian churches across the world such as the Lutheran church in Madagascar have long been engaged in what we would today term «development». The church has been deeply involved in humanitarian assistance and development work, especially in the areas of education and health. Restoring Dignity in …
Religion and Development
Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa
Inbunden, 2014
1009 kr
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The role of religion in development work has long been a neglected issue in the Western academic tradition. Religion and Development: Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa is part of a recent wave of publications trying to bring more colors into the traditional black-and-white picture of …
Biblical Representations of Moab
A Kenyan Postcolonial Reading
Av R.S. Wafula
Inbunden, 2014
1203 kr
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Biblical Representations of Moab: A Kenyan Postcolonial Reading employs critical theories on colonial, anticolonial, and postcolonial ethnicity and African cultural hermeneutics to examine the overlap of politics, ethnicity, nationality, economics, and religion in contemporary Kenya and to utilize …
Critical Analysis of the Interpretation of the Doctrine of «Justification by Faith Alone» by the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, Gongola Diocese
Inbunden, 2015
1009 kr
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Within the context of the Lutheran Church in Nigeria, Gongola Diocese, this book examines the issues of the interpretation, transmission, and appropriation of the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Using contextualization as the main tool in this exploration, James J. Reynolds argues that …
Paul’s Sexual and Marital Ethics in 1 Corinthians 7
An African-Cameroonian Perspective
Av Alice Yafeh
Inbunden, 2015
1120 kr
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Paul’s Sexual and Marital Ethics in 1 Corinthians 7: An African-Cameroonian Perspective provides readers with an innovative interpretation of Paul’s pastoral and pedagogical approach and solutions to the multifaceted ethical problems presented to him by the Corinthian community, revealing a …
Bible and Sociological Contours
Some African Perspectives. Festschrift for Professor Halvor Moxnes
Av Zorodzai Dube, Loreen Maseno-Ouma m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1067 kr
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This book, which is a collection of various essays on Africa and the Bible, is a must-read for scholars and students who are interested in exploring the intersection between the Bible and public spaces exposing the liberating and oppressing strands of the Bible. Given the enchanted African …
To Whom Belongs the Land?
Leviticus 25 in an African Liberationist Reading
Av Ndikho Mtshiselwa, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2018
1264 kr
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The main question of this book, which focuses on the role of the Old Testament in the South African context, is: If reread from an African liberationist perspective in the context of land redistribution and socio-economic justice in South Africa, could the Israelite Jubilee legislation in Leviticus …
Generational Curses in the Pentateuch
An American and Maasai Intercultural Analysis
Av Beth E. Elness-Hanson, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2017
1103 kr
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Although the demographics of World Christianity demonstrate a population shift to the Global South, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the preponderance of biblical scholarship continues to be dominated by Western scholars in pursuit of their contextual questions that are influenced by an …
Human Creation in the Image of God
The Asante Perspective
Inbunden, 2018
1173 kr
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Drawing on Asante anthropology, Human Creation in the Image of God: The Asante Perspective examines the Christian understanding of imago dei. The book argues that human beings are the same and yet unique from God, reflecting the Trinitarian nature of Him. Human Creation in the Image of God will …
Eldest Brother and New Testament Christology
Av Harald Aarbakke, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2018
1378 kr
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The Eldest Brother and New Testament Christology explores the origin of cultural representations of Jesus as an eldest brother. Through ethnographic surveys, author Harald Aarbakke shows that the role of the eldest brother in different African societies is often accompanied by additional roles, …
Oaths of Peace
Theology of Peacebuilding in Southern Sudan
Av Daniela Lucia Rapisarda, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2020
1182 kr
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Oaths of Peace is an important contribution to the field of African theology, as it offers a model of contextual theology that holds together the two dimensions of inculturation and liberation, often perceived in opposition. Furthermore, this book contributes to research on theology and …
Maasai Women and the Old Testament
Towards an Emancipatory Reading
Av Hoyce Jacob Lyimo-Mbowe, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2020
1150 kr
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The research presented in this book is a critical study of some effects of popular biblical interpretations in the context of an East African ethnic group, the Maasai. The book focuses on parallels between concepts of female inferiority in biblical texts and in Maasai traditional culture. It …
Maasai Encounter with the Bible
Nomadic Lifestyle as a Hermeneutic Question
Av Zephania Shila Nkesela, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2020
1150 kr
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This book is a critical analysis of how Maasai informants read some selected Old Testament texts that are thought to have an appeal to people with semi/nomadic ways of life. The Maasai is a Nilotic ethnic group of semi/nomadic pastoralists living in the northern Tanzania, and southern Kenya, East …
Kony as Moses
Old Testament Texts and Motifs in the Early Years of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Uganda
Av Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2021
1077 kr
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This book discusses the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) use of Old Testament texts and motifs in their rhetoric to mobilise and sustain the rebellion in Northern Uganda, specifically in Gulu district, the area that has been particularly affected by the LRA’s actions throughout more than two decades. …
Chants of Christological Continuity
African Anthropology, Christology, and Patristic Dialogue
Av Benedict Ehinack, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2025
970 kr
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This book invites the reader on a profound journey through the intricate tapestry of African anthropology, Christology, and patristic dialogue. Dr. Ehinack unearths the roots of African Christology, forged through the crucible of history where Christianity met Greek philosophy, and the early church …
Sin, Purification and Sacrifice in Leviticus and in Madagascar
Av Olivier Randrianjaka, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2024
970 kr
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This book is a meticulously researched and thought-provoking study that delves into the analysis and comparison of rituals in two distinct settings: the ancient Book of Leviticus and traditional Malagasy culture on the island of Madagascar. Author Olivier Randrianjaka invesigates why Malagasy …
Worthy Admission to the Eucharist
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and 1 Corinthians 11:27-29
Av Tibebu Teklu Senbetu, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2025
908 kr
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This book explores the rich interplay between the traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and biblical exegesis, focusing on 1 Corinthians 11:17-29. It explores the church’s unique approach to the Eucharist, examining how its practices and interpretations are influenced by Jewish …
Negotiating Space between Men and God
Diaconal Empowerment and Transformation in Femmes pour Christ in Cameroon
Inbunden, 2025
970 kr
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This book bridges theological, historical, and sociocultural perspectives to explore the lives and church experiences of women in Femmes Pour Christ in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon. Using a practical theological method, diakonia theories, and African feminist perspectives, it …
Shepherds and Demons
A Study of Exorcism as Practised and Understood by Shepherds in the Malagasy Lutheran Church
Av Hans Austnaberg, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2007
1071 kr
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The Malagasy revival movement, which started in 1894 and operates within the structure of the historical churches, continues to have a profound impact on Protestant church life. This book focuses on exorcism as practised and understood by the so-called shepherds (lay, unsalaried, consecrated church …
Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context
Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa- Foreword by Theophilus Okere
Av Cajetan E. Ebuziem, Knut Holter
Inbunden, 2010
862 kr
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Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context: Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa arises out of reflection on experience and practice. The volume reflects on the author’s own cultural context, religious heritage, and pastoral functioning. In addition, it considers the author’s …
