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Worship in African contexts of holism and crisis

Kakoma, Itonde A.
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Kakoma, Itonde A.
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holism
African countries
African Religions
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Religious ethics
Intercultural and contextual theologies
Christian denominations
Practical theology and theological education
African theologies
Lutheran
Liturgy, spiritual formation
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African Christianity / Theologies
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"As a communion of churches we live in various contexts all of which, in some form or another, challenge our confession that God has and does redeem creation. This challenge is explicit in much of modernday Africa, where war and disease, illiteracy and poverty, seem to counter our communal testimony that God, the Source of life, is just. How, then, in the midst of crisis, does the church proclaim with integrity God’s redeeming Word? More specifically, how does our worship, especially in African contexts, embody our conviction that all creation is restored and transformed through Jesus Christ? Four questions are posed: What, from an “African” perspective, is worship? What does it mean to be a worshipping community in the midst of crisis? How does worship relate to the immediacy of crisis and still maintain its timeless confession? More specifically, how do such elements of worship as shape, substance, practice and space reflect the often tragic realities of the gathered community? These questions guided interactions with leaders, teachers, pastors and parishioners of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, and stimulated discussions especially with younger/women theologians of the Lutheran communion in Africa. I am grateful to Mekane Yesus for their gracious hospitality and to Professor Masango for his willingness to offer space at the University of Pretoria. Thanks are also due to the Lutheran faculty and students at Pietermaritzburg. The document is primarily based on the Nairobi gathering (March 14-18, 2005). The opinions expressed in this publication are primarily those of participants at the Nairobi gathering. [...]", p. 5
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2005
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390567646X
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