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Should Christianity's theological face remain largely European and
North American in the twenty-first century in the wake of the
expansion of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin
America? The question about the "theological face" of Christianity
cannot be ignored. For too long African, Asian, and Latin American
theologians have been left out of mainstream theological
discussions. Few standard textbooks on Christian theology
acknowledge the unique contributions theologians from these
continents have made to global Christianity. Introducing Christian
Theologies: Voices from Global Christian Communities is a
two-volume textbook that alters the predominantly European and
North American "theological face" of Christianity by interacting
with the voices of Christian communities from around the globe.
Introducing Christian Theologies explores the works of key
theologians from across the globe, highlighting their unique
contributions to Christian theology and doctrine.
Should Christianity's theological face remain largely European and
North American in the twenty-first century in the wake of the
expansion of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin
America? The question about the "theological face" of Christianity
cannot be ignored. For too long African, Asian, and Latin American
theologians have been left out of mainstream theological
discussions. Few standard textbooks on Christian theology
acknowledge the unique contributions theologians from these
continents have made to global Christianity. Introducing Christian
Theologies: Voices from Global Christian Communities is a
two-volume textbook that alters the predominantly European and
North American "theological face" of Christianity by interacting
with the voices of Christian communities from around the globe.
Introducing Christian Theologies explores the works of key
theologians from across the globe, highlighting their unique
contributions to Christian theology and doctrine.
About the Contributor(s): Victor I. Ezigbo is Associate Professor
of Contextual and Systematic Theology at Bethel University in St.
Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Re-Imagining African
Christologies (2010).
Description: ""Who do you say that I am"" (Mark 8:29) is the
question of Christology. By asking this question, Jesus invites his
followers to interpret him from within their own contexts-history,
experience, and social location. Therefore, all responses to
Jesus's invitation are contextual. But for too long, many
theologians particularly in the West have continued to see
Christology as a universal endeavor that is devoid of any
contextual influences. This understanding of Christology undermines
Jesus's expectations from us to imagine and appropriate him from
within our own contexts. In Re-imagining African Christologies,
Victor I. Ezigbo presents a constructive exposition of the unique
ways that many African theologians and lay Christians from various
church denominations have interpreted and appropriated Jesus Christ
in their own contexts. He also articulates the constructive
contributions that these African Christologies can make to the
development of Christological discourse in non-African Christian
communities. Endorsements: ""Throughout the history of Christian
thought, believers have struggled to understand the figure of Jesus
Christ in the context of countless different cultures, and today,
Africa is the scene of some of the most challenging and imaginative
reconstructions. In his erudite and wide-ranging book, Victor
Ezigbo offers a sound guide to these daring new Christological
ventures."" --Philip Jenkins author of The Next Christendom: The
Coming of Global Christianity ""A thoroughly researched book on
African Christology. One of the neglected questions in African
Christianity is how to present Christ in ways that answer questions
Africans are asking. Victor Ezigbo tackles this topic
brilliantly."" --Allan Anderson author of Spreading Fires: The
Missionary Nature of Early Pentecostalism ""What would 'freedom in
Christ' look like for Africans when it reflects care to diverse and
complex contexts? Engaging with this decades old theological
question, Victor Ezigbo's excellent study will reward the reader
with a typology of African Christologies; a sense of the complexity
of the theological task; an exhibition of the destructiveness of
ill-formed knowledge of both the density of the manifold Christian
traditions and the irreducible richness of living ancient cultures;
and a refusal to reduce contextualization to a phenomenology that
under-appreciates the theological task of reading the deep
particularities of texts and contexts contemporaneously."" --John
C. McDowell Morpeth Professor of Theology University of Newcastle
About the Contributor(s): Victor I. Ezigbo is Assistant Professor
of Contextual and Systematic Theology at Bethel University in St.
Paul, MN. He obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and is the author of several articles on African
theologies and Christologies.
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