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Giving an account of Christian hope : a missiological reflection on Christian Muslim encounter in Kano city, Northern Nigeria : a muslim background believer's perspectiveShaba, Abimbola Adamson 06 1900 (has links)
This study is an endeavour to construct a theological (Missiological) reflection on what Christian witnessing could look like in Kano among non-Christians (predominantly Hausa/Fulani Muslims), if interpreted and expressed from the viewpoint of the hope Christians have in Christ. This heads towards a proposal for new Christian praxis, developed in dialogue with and as a response to the role of the life-transforming message of justification in Christ, as it relates to Christian living. This is based on historical fact that attracts non-Christians to the hope in God’s future activity through His saving grace in the unique Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 1: 22), that is, seeking to be like Christ (1Jn 3: 2-3).
This leads to the guiding issue on how Christians should explore hope as a fundamental key to become living witnesses to non-Christians, Muslim in particular, in Kano city, Northern Nigeria and elsewhere in the world based on the biblical interpretation of 1 Peter 3: 15-17. It equally means in a hostile environment walking by faith rather than by sight, through suffering rather than by triumph, to bringing about the future Kingdom of God, characterized by peace, justice and love into the community now, and ultimately in the one to come.
This in turn makes this study relevant both internally – for the renewal of the church to discover and live out its Christian identity – and externally, in the church’s witness to its Muslim neighbours in the midst of religious intolerance that leads to bloodshed and the destruction of property. Therefore, the two dimensions, the internal and external, of the church’s life, since a congregation’s sense of identity is at the same time its sense of mission in society. A renewal in the church’s sense of identity brings about a renewal in its sense of mission, and vice versa. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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Sickness and healing : a case study on the dialectic of culture and personalityBadenberg, Robert, 1961- 08 1900 (has links)
Sickness and healing expenence is universal, but the context in which both are
perceived and dealt with is particular. Culture and the individual constitute the
universal context. The social structures, values, beliefs, the symbol system of a culture and the
tendency of the individual to act upon his existence within cultural parameters, inform the
particular context. The relationship that exists between culture and the individual is
best described as dialectic.
The concept of dialect is the theoretical tool to analytically show how this relationship works
out in real life. At the base of this relationship operates conflict. Sickness, or permanent
ill health since early childhood as shown in an in-depth case study, triggers conflict on at
least two levels: the personal-psychological and the socio cultural level.
To effectively deal with sickness and the inner conflicts caused by it, is to channel the
motivation to resolve them by way of employing a symbolic idiom, a cultural symbol that
attains personal meaning. G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, the
main actor of this thesis, demonstrates how his life experience of sickness made various
symbols become operational, how he filled them with personal meaning, and that there was no hiatus
between the public and private domain.
Healing requires more than medical aid. Cultural symbols that become
personal symbols are often tied into religious experience of some kind. Individuals who
successfully employ personal symbols eventually achieve healing because the symbolic
idiom helps them to resolve intrapsychic conflict.
Missiology cannot escape from two realities: culture and the individual. If anything, missiology
must be interested in culture and the individual. Missiology, in the role of aide-de-camps of the
Christian Mission, shows the history of how individuals connect to God, and how God transforms them
in their cultural environment. To be able to achieve both goals, the issues of context and
conflict must be addressed.
This thesis seeks to account for the dialectic between culture and the individual,
how context and conflict shaped the person and the Christian G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, and
how he acted upon this context to resolve his travail. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th (Missiology)
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In search of a new life : conversion motives of Christians and MuslimsMaurer, Andreas 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English / The Muslim population in South Africa has its origins in the 17th Century when they were initially brought in as slaves or political exiles by the Dutch colonisers. Christian-Muslim relations have not always been good and especially the topic of 'conversion' has often caused conflict between the members of the two faiths. Additional problems such as the
apartheid era has caused many Christians, especially Africans, to question their faith and turn their back on Christianity by converting to Islam. There are other areas which have caused conflict in the relations such as mistrust, misinformation and discrimination. In South
Africa's religiously pluralistic society people convert from Christianity to Islam, and vice versa, from a variety of motives.
This study first discusses various Christian missiological debates on understandings of conversion and then surveys psychological approaches to the motivational structures of 'decision-making'. The heart of the study is the presentation and analysis of the conversion
narratives of 20 converts (10 from Islam to Christianity and 10 from Christianity to Islam).
These narratives are analysed in terms of five key conversion motives, as a result of which various patterns of conversion motives emerge.
In church practice and missiology, conversion is often understood only in one direction (towards Christianity) and with only one valid motive, namely a strictly religious one. This study reveals, however, that such a view is inadequate. Conversion should rather be understood as a two-way movement and based on combinations of various motives. This
study concludes with the presentation of a holistic missiological understanding of conversion which applies more adequately to the South African context. This new understanding of conversion may help to promote better understanding and respect between faith communities. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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Giving an account of Christian hope : a missiological reflection on Christian Muslim encounter in Kano city, Northern Nigeria : a muslim background believer's perspectiveShaba, Abimbola Adamson 06 1900 (has links)
This study is an endeavour to construct a theological (Missiological) reflection on what Christian witnessing could look like in Kano among non-Christians (predominantly Hausa/Fulani Muslims), if interpreted and expressed from the viewpoint of the hope Christians have in Christ. This heads towards a proposal for new Christian praxis, developed in dialogue with and as a response to the role of the life-transforming message of justification in Christ, as it relates to Christian living. This is based on historical fact that attracts non-Christians to the hope in God’s future activity through His saving grace in the unique Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 1: 22), that is, seeking to be like Christ (1Jn 3: 2-3).
This leads to the guiding issue on how Christians should explore hope as a fundamental key to become living witnesses to non-Christians, Muslim in particular, in Kano city, Northern Nigeria and elsewhere in the world based on the biblical interpretation of 1 Peter 3: 15-17. It equally means in a hostile environment walking by faith rather than by sight, through suffering rather than by triumph, to bringing about the future Kingdom of God, characterized by peace, justice and love into the community now, and ultimately in the one to come.
This in turn makes this study relevant both internally – for the renewal of the church to discover and live out its Christian identity – and externally, in the church’s witness to its Muslim neighbours in the midst of religious intolerance that leads to bloodshed and the destruction of property. Therefore, the two dimensions, the internal and external, of the church’s life, since a congregation’s sense of identity is at the same time its sense of mission in society. A renewal in the church’s sense of identity brings about a renewal in its sense of mission, and vice versa. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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Sickness and healing : a case study on the dialectic of culture and personalityBadenberg, Robert, 1961- 08 1900 (has links)
Sickness and healing expenence is universal, but the context in which both are
perceived and dealt with is particular. Culture and the individual constitute the
universal context. The social structures, values, beliefs, the symbol system of a culture and the
tendency of the individual to act upon his existence within cultural parameters, inform the
particular context. The relationship that exists between culture and the individual is
best described as dialectic.
The concept of dialect is the theoretical tool to analytically show how this relationship works
out in real life. At the base of this relationship operates conflict. Sickness, or permanent
ill health since early childhood as shown in an in-depth case study, triggers conflict on at
least two levels: the personal-psychological and the socio cultural level.
To effectively deal with sickness and the inner conflicts caused by it, is to channel the
motivation to resolve them by way of employing a symbolic idiom, a cultural symbol that
attains personal meaning. G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, the
main actor of this thesis, demonstrates how his life experience of sickness made various
symbols become operational, how he filled them with personal meaning, and that there was no hiatus
between the public and private domain.
Healing requires more than medical aid. Cultural symbols that become
personal symbols are often tied into religious experience of some kind. Individuals who
successfully employ personal symbols eventually achieve healing because the symbolic
idiom helps them to resolve intrapsychic conflict.
Missiology cannot escape from two realities: culture and the individual. If anything, missiology
must be interested in culture and the individual. Missiology, in the role of aide-de-camps of the
Christian Mission, shows the history of how individuals connect to God, and how God transforms them
in their cultural environment. To be able to achieve both goals, the issues of context and
conflict must be addressed.
This thesis seeks to account for the dialectic between culture and the individual,
how context and conflict shaped the person and the Christian G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, and
how he acted upon this context to resolve his travail. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th (Missiology)
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In search of a new life : conversion motives of Christians and MuslimsMaurer, Andreas 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English / The Muslim population in South Africa has its origins in the 17th Century when they were initially brought in as slaves or political exiles by the Dutch colonisers. Christian-Muslim relations have not always been good and especially the topic of 'conversion' has often caused conflict between the members of the two faiths. Additional problems such as the
apartheid era has caused many Christians, especially Africans, to question their faith and turn their back on Christianity by converting to Islam. There are other areas which have caused conflict in the relations such as mistrust, misinformation and discrimination. In South
Africa's religiously pluralistic society people convert from Christianity to Islam, and vice versa, from a variety of motives.
This study first discusses various Christian missiological debates on understandings of conversion and then surveys psychological approaches to the motivational structures of 'decision-making'. The heart of the study is the presentation and analysis of the conversion
narratives of 20 converts (10 from Islam to Christianity and 10 from Christianity to Islam).
These narratives are analysed in terms of five key conversion motives, as a result of which various patterns of conversion motives emerge.
In church practice and missiology, conversion is often understood only in one direction (towards Christianity) and with only one valid motive, namely a strictly religious one. This study reveals, however, that such a view is inadequate. Conversion should rather be understood as a two-way movement and based on combinations of various motives. This
study concludes with the presentation of a holistic missiological understanding of conversion which applies more adequately to the South African context. This new understanding of conversion may help to promote better understanding and respect between faith communities. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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