dc.contributor.author | Magezi, Vhumani | |
dc.contributor.author | Magezi, Christopher | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-16T13:23:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-16T13:23:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Magezi, V. & Magezi, C. 2016. Soteriology on the interface of traditional African religion and Christianity: engaging Bediako's soteriology and a soteriological alternative. In die Skriflig, 50(1):1-8. [http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v50i1.2068] | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1018-6441 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2305-0853 (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v50i1.2068 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/24734 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many African scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, Mbiti, Bediako and others have posed a question
about the interrelationship between traditional African religion and Christianity. Some scholars
tend to exalt traditional African religion at the expense of the biblical meaning of salvation, as
well as undermining the value of traditional African religion. In seeking to establish the
interface between traditional African religion and Christianity, this article engages Bediako as
one of the most influential African theologians who has thoroughly considered traditional
African religion as a preparation for the Gospel. This approach has a danger of misidentifying
the unique place of Israel in God’s redemptive history, as well as diminishing the biblical
meaning of conversion and the newness of the Gospel. Thus, in contrast to Bediako’s
inclusivism position, the article offers an alternative approach which argues that God’s general
revelation in all pre-Christian traditional religions is a non-preparation for the Gospel. This is
because in Pauline theology (Rm 1:18–32), general revelation grants humanity a very limited
insight into the divine nature. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | AOSIS | |
dc.title | Soteriology on the interface of traditional African religion and Christianity: engaging Bediako's soteriology and a soteriological alternative | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 24794376 - Magezi, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 12403741 - Magezi, Vhumani | |