African Traditional Religions in Christian Mission and Christian Scholarship:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" African Traditional Religions in Christian Mission and Christian Scholarship: "
Tinyiko Sam Maluleke

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083124
Doc. No	:	LA126753
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157430198X00011‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
Title & Author	:	African Traditional Religions in Christian Mission and Christian Scholarship: [Article] : Re-Opening a Debate That Never Started\ Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	1998
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/2
Page No	:	121–137
Abstract	:	In this essay I wish to argue that denial, outright dismissal, distortion and dismissive containment have been and continue to be aptly descriptive of the manner in which Christian mission and Christian scholarship have related to and dealt with African Traditional Religions (ATRs). This, I want to further suggest, has been as true of the South African situation as it has been true of the rest of the continent. Although most prevalent during the earliest periods of contact between Christianity and ATRs, the attitude which I am characterising as outright dismissal is by no means totally extinct today. This article seeks to re-open the question of the place ofATRs in the world of religions with particular reference to their relation to Christianity. This will be done by reference to three important 'voices': Okot p'Bitek, African theology and South African Black Theology. In this essay I wish to argue that denial, outright dismissal, distortion and dismissive containment have been and continue to be aptly descriptive of the manner in which Christian mission and Christian scholarship have related to and dealt with African Traditional Religions (ATRs). This, I want to further suggest, has been as true of the South African situation as it has been true of the rest of the continent. Although most prevalent during the earliest periods of contact between Christianity and ATRs, the attitude which I am characterising as outright dismissal is by no means totally extinct today. This article seeks to re-open the question of the place ofATRs in the world of religions with particular reference to their relation to Christianity. This will be done by reference to three important 'voices': Okot p'Bitek, African theology and South African Black Theology.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157430198X00011‬