Thinking Africa in Postmission Theology: Implications for Global Theological Discourse

It is necessary to consider the place of Africa in postmission theology, described here as ‘postmissionality,’ because of the high Christian percentage of the African population. This demography means that Africa is now, more than ever before, of great significance to global Christianity. In the sam...

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Main Author: Appiah, Simon Kofi 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Exchange
Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 343-360
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Theology
B Pluralism
B Africa
B Christianities
B post-mission
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Summary:It is necessary to consider the place of Africa in postmission theology, described here as ‘postmissionality,’ because of the high Christian percentage of the African population. This demography means that Africa is now, more than ever before, of great significance to global Christianity. In the same vein, it reveals that Christianity is an important variable in the development of Africa. The relevance of this dialogical relationship between Africa and Christianity extends beyond Africa into global Christianity, which is today experienced as the innovative realization of the Christian religion in de-imperializing contests. This paper discusses three – political/liberationist, multicultural/pluralism, and Pentecostal – of the many aspects of ‘postmissionality’ and shows how they can influence and advance the development of global theological discourse.
ISSN:1572-543X
Contains:Enthalten in: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543x-bja10007