Is Africa incurably religious? : secularization and discipleship in Africa
Title:
Is Africa incurably religious? : secularization and discipleship in Africa
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Benno van den Toren, Joseph Bosco Bangura and Richard E. Seed.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Oxford, UK : Regnum Books International, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:
9781913363864
9781506483917
Series:
General Note:
"December 2014 ... Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt ... 'Declining religious participation : secularization and discipleship in Africa' ... November 2016 ... Yaoundé, Cameroon ... 'Is Africa incurably religious? Secularization and discipleship in Africa II.'"--Pages 4, 6.
Abstract:
"The contributions in the volume question the widespread thesis that Africa is 'incurably religious' by studying both the presence and meaning of secularization in sub-Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora. This exercise requires sustained interest in the notion of secularization itself. It explores whether the understanding of secularization will need to be challenged and enlarged to properly detect and understand the secularization processes in this continent that is known for its religious fervour. The essays in the first part focus on Africa's cultural and religious traditions. Though the modern term of secularization cannot be uncritically applied here, the different authors argue that there are both signs and seeds of secularization present in Africa's traditional worldview and practices. Essays in the second part study secularization in contemporary Africa, in for example, the world of higher education and the rise of neo-Pentecostalism. It also contains regional reports from both Africa and the African Diaspora. The final section explores what the reality of secularization in its various expressions means for Christian discipleship in contemporary Africa."--Publisher.
Local Note:
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents:
PART I. Secularization and Africa's Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Religious Indifference and Critique in Traditional Africa / Eloi Messi-Metogo -- Factors inherent in African traditional religions that lead to the secularization of faith / Abel Ngarsouledé -- Western secularization, African worldviews and the church / Richard E. Seed -- PART II. Secularization, Modernization & Globalization in Today's Africa -- What do we mean by secularization in Africa? : contributions and limitations by the western secularization discourse / Henk van den Bosch -- Do science and scientific education contribute to secularization in Africa? : an exploration among Christian academics and students in Abidjan and Yaoundé . Klaas Bom -- At the intersection of worldviews : secularism and the African context of theological students in Kenya / Richard E. Seed -- African Neo-Pentecostalism in the face of secularization : problems and possibilities / Benno van den Toren -- Secularization among the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya / Nancy Njagi, Colin Smith -- Signs of secularization and challenges for discipleship among the urban elite in Yaoundé, Cameroon : a personal reflection / Epiemembong Louis Ebong -- Secularization influences on second generation and mixed-race African Pentecostal migrants in Flanders (Belgium) / Joseph Bosco Bangura -- Part III. Christian Discipleship in the Context of Modernity -- The relationship between the creation mandate and the mission mandate : intercultural reflections on African Christian discipleship in a secularized world / Benno van den Toren -- Endangered discipleship : secular and religious resistance in Africa / David E. Bjork -- African neo-Charismatic discipleship in a context of secularization / Joseph Bosco Bangura -- A selection of bibliographic sources on secularization in Africa.
Source of Description Note:
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2021).