Tiénou, Tite
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Chapel Message: John 3:1-17. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2019.
AbstractDr. Tite Tiénou, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
John 3 :1-17
Graduate Chapel
Trinity International University
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
A. T. Olson Chapel
Deerfield, Il.
October 22, 2019
Listening to What Jesus Is Doing in African Theology, Prayer & Mission. The Global Church Project. Centre for the Research of Global Christianity, 2016.
AbstractTite Tiénou | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | Listening to African Theology, Prayer & Mission | The GlobalChurch Project | Graham Hill
Rejoicing with the Ethiopian : Acts 8:26-40. Birmingham: Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, 2015.
AbstractPreached during our World Christianity Focus Week at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
An-Na’im, Aabdullahi Ahmed, ed. “Review of Proselytization and Communal Self-Determination in Africa.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 3, no. July (2001): 132–33.
Coulibaly, Issiaka, Rubin Pohor, and Tite Tiénou, eds. Dieu, la terre, la guerre: acte du colloque international conjoint, 19 au 21 mai 2016 à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Abidjan: Presse de la FATEAC, 2017.
Craigmiles, Janet, James R. Moore, and Tite Tiénou. “Phased Faculty Retirement: A Positive Solution for Faculty and Seminaries.” Theological Education 48, no. 2 (2014): 69–82.
Dahle, Margunn Seritstad, Lars Dahl, and Knud Jorgensen, eds. “Gospel and Cultures in the Lausanne Movement.” In The Lausanne Movement: A Range of Perspectives. Oxford: Regnum Books, 2014.
Essamuah, Casely B, and David K Ngaruiya, eds. “The Journey of Tite Tiénou.” In Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora: In Honor of Dr. Tite Tiénou with Additional Essays on World Christianity., 3–7. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2013.
Essamuah, Casely B, and David K Ngaruiya, eds. Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora: In Honor of Dr. Tite Tiénou with Additional Essays on World Christianity. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2013.
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Essamuah, Casely B., and David K. Ngaruiya, eds. “A Bibliography of the Works of Tite Tiénou.” In Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora: In Honor of Dr. Tite Tiénou with Additional Essays on World Christianity., 381–83. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2013.
Gerald, H., ed. “Blyden, Edward Wilmot (1832-1912.” In Biographical Dictionary of Christian Mission, 70–71. Anderson New York: Simon & Shuster Macmillan, 1998.
Hiebert, Paul G., R. Daniel Shaw, and Tite Tiénou. “Responding to Split-Level Christianity and Folk Religion.” International Journal of Frontier Missions 16, no. 4 (1999): 173–82.
Hiebert, Paul G., R. Daniel Shaw, and Tite Tiénou. Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999.
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AbstractProvides a model for examining the beliefs folk religions around the world and suggests biblical principles missionaries can use to deal with them.
Kapteina, Detlef. “The Formation of African Evangelical Theology.” African Journal of Evangelical Theology 25, no. 1 (2006): 61–84.
Keeley, R., ed. Christians in Africa" Christianity: A World Faith. Tring, Herts: Lion Publishing House, n.d.
Keeley, Robin, ed. “Angels and Demons.” In The Lion Handbook of Christian Belief. Tring, Herts, England: Lion Publishing, 1982.
Kouadio, A., Abel L. R. Ndjerareou, and Tite Tiénou. “Théologie et culture africaines.” Ichthus, no. vembre) (1975): 53–56.
Ndjéraréou, ed. “Préface.” In Daïdanso : L’homme et l’œuvre. LIVRESHIPPO, 2015.
Ngewa, Samuel, Mark Shaw, and Tite Tiénou, eds. Issues in African Christian Theology. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1998.
Ortiz, Manuel, and Susan S. Baker, eds. “Missions and the Doing of Theology.” In The Urban Face of Mission: Ministering the Gospel in a Diverse and Changing World, 85–96. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2002.
Ouédraogo, Adama, Tite Tiénou, and Abel Ndjerareou. “Il Était l’un Des Nôtres.” In Zokoué: L’homme et l’oeuvre, edited by Barka Kamnadj, 41–54, 2020.
Pohor, Rubin, and Issiaka Coulibaly, eds. “Orishatukeh Faduma (1857-1946): A Trailblazer of Mutual Understanding and Cooperation between Africans and African Americans.” In Eglises et Ministères d’initiative Africaine: Enjeux et Avenir. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Les Presses de la FATEAC, 2015.
Pohor, Rubin, and Issiaka Coulibaly, eds. “Préface.” In Christianisme authentique en Afrique contemporaine. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Les Presses de la FATEAC, 2014.
Pohor, Rubin, Issiaka Coulibaly, and Tite Tiénou, eds. Églises et ministères d’initiative africaine enjeux et avenir: actes du Collogue International de la FATEAC, 22 au 23 mai 2014 à Abidjan, (Côte d’Ivoire). Abidjan: Faculté de théologie évangélique de l’Alliance chrétienne, 2015.
Rapids, A.Scott Moreau Grand, ed. “African Theology.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, 45–46. Baker Books/Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press, 2000.
Tennent, Timothy C., ed. “Foreword.” In Theology in the Context of World Christianity. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.
Tiénou, Tite, and Kwesi A. Dickson. African Theology and Religions. Grand Rapids, MI: Institute of Theological Studies, 2006.
Abstract"With the broad expansion of Christianity in Africa, the African Church and African theology should be understood by us all. This course examines Christian theological formation in Africa against the background of African cultures and religions, and in light of its contemporary context. Also considered are how to study and understand Africa, and the factors that led to the debate on Christian theologizing in Africa. Throughout the course, descriptions and analyses of African religions are provided."--Publisher.
Tiénou, Tite, and Paul G. Hiebert. “From Systematic and Biblical to Missional Theology.” In Appropriate Christianity, edited by Charles H. Kraft and Dean S. Gilliland, 117–34. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2005.
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Tiénou, Tite, and Paul G. Hiebert. “Missional Theology.” Missiology: An International Review 34, no. 2 (2006): 219–38.
AbstractThe authors argue that missionaries and ministers do not simply apply theology, they do theology in a third way. Missional theology draws on and complements systematic and biblical theology. Systematic theology uses the methods of philosophy to study the ultimate structure of reality. Biblical theology uses the methods of history to study the cosmic story. Missional theology uses the methods of American law, which examines specific human situations in the light of constitutional, statutory, and precedent case law.
Tiénou, Tite. “African Theology.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Walter A. Elwell, 35–37. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2017.
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Tiénou, Tite. “African Traditional Religions.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, edited by A. Scott Moreau, Harold A. Netland, and Charles Van Engen, 46–48. Baker Reference Library. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Authentic African Christianity.” In A Reader in African Christian Theology, edited by John. Parratt, Revised Edition., 91–98. SPCK International Study Guide 23. London: SPCK, 1997.
Tiénou, Tite. “Bediako, Kwame.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Walter A. Elwell, 119. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2017.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Biblical Faith and Traditional Folk Religion.” In Biblical Faith and Other Religions: An Evangelical Assessment, edited by David W. Baker, 138–47. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2004.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Biblical Foundations for African Theology.” Missiology 10, no. 4 (1982): 435–48.
Tiénou, Tite. “Biblical Foundations: An African Study.” Evangelical Review of Theology 7, no. 1 (1983): 89–101.
Tiénou, Tite. “Blyden, Edward Wilmot (1832–1912).” In Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, edited by Gerald H. Anderson, 70–71. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1998.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: African Missiology: Contribution of Contemporary Thought.” Missiology: An International Review 39 (July 1, 2011): 409–409.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Changed by the Word: The Story of Scripture Union Ghana, By Peter Barker and Samuel Boadi-Siaw Accra. Scripture Union Ghana, Africa Christian Press, and Asempa Publishers, 2003.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 30, no. 1 (January 2006): 53–54.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion. By Kwame Bediako, , Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books; Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 21, no. 3 (1997): 129–30.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa.Edited by Kenneth R. Ross,J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, and Todd M. Johnson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2017.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 42, no. 4 (May 29, 2018): 374–75.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Christina Maria Breman, The Association of Evangelicals in Africa: Its History, Organization, Members, Projects, External Relations, and Message. Zoetermeer, Uitgeverij Boekencentrum,1996.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 23, no. 3 (1999): 138.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. 4 Vols.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 27, no. 3 (2003): 134–35.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Faith in Empire: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Rule in French Senegal, 1880-1940. By Elizabeth A. Foster. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 40, no. 1 (January 2016): 90–92.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Race and Redemption: British Missionaries Encounter Pacific Peoples, 1797-1920. By Jane Samson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 43, no. 2 (April 2019): 197–98.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora: Imagining the Religious ‘Other’. Edited by Afe Adogame. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2014.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 40, no. 3 (July 2016): 281.
Tiénou, Tite. “Book Review: Theology and Identity: The Impact of Culture upon Christian Thought in the Second Century and Modern Africa. By Kwame Bediako, Oxford: Regnum Books, 1992.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 18, no. 2 (1994): 88–90.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christian Scholarship and the Changing Center of World Christianity.” In Christian Scholarship… for What, edited by Susan M. Felch, 87–97. Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College, 2003.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christian Theology in an Era of World Christianity.” In Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, edited by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, 37–51. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Christian Theology in an Era of World Christianity.” In Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, edited by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, 37–51. Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2007.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christian Theology: African Realities and African Hope.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 41, no. 4 (October 1, 2017): 294–95.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christianity and African Culture: A Review.” Evangelical Review of Theology 3, no. 2 (1979): 198–205.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christianity in Africa.” AIM International, 1989.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christianity in Africa: There’s Frost on the Lion.” Pulse, no. 22 (1987): 8.
Tiénou, Tite. “Christians in Africa.” In Christianity: A World Faith, edited by Robin Keeley, 139–53. A Lion Handbook. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1985.
Tiénou, Tite. “Contextualization of Theology for Theological Education.” In Evangelical Theological Education Today: 2 Agenda for Renewal, edited by Paul Bowers, 42–52. Nairobi: World Evangelical Fellowship, 1982.
Tiénou, Tite. “Dare to Make New Mistakes: Doing Christian Mission without Historical Guilt.” Touchstone 28, no. 3 (September 2010): 19–29.
Tiénou, Tite. “De l’actualité de Tertullien, l’Africain.” Diathèkè 1 (1996): 4–14.
Tiénou, Tite. “Does the World Really Need to Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ?” In This We Believe: The Good News of Jesus Christ for the World, edited by John N. Akers, John H. Armstrong, and John D. Woodbridge, 175–85. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000.
Tiénou, Tite. “Entering Unfamiliar Territory: Budget Basics for the Dean of a University Theological School.” In C(H)AOS Theory: A Handbook for Chief Academic Officers: Contexts, Commitments, Competencies, and Choices, edited by Kathleen D. Billman and Bruce Birch, 293–301. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011.
Tiénou, Tite. “Epanouissement du christianisme en Afrique.” In Christianisme authentique en Afrique contemporaine: actes du colloque international de la FATEAC, 29 au 31 Mai 2013 à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), edited by Rubin Pohor and Issiaka Coulibaly, [inconnues]. Abidjan: Les Presses de la FATEAC, 2014.
Tiénou, Tite. “Eternity in Their Hearts.” In Through No Fault of Their Own: The Fate of Those Who Have Never Heard, edited by William V. Crockett and James G. Sigountos, 209–15. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1991.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Evangelical Theology in African Contexts.” In The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology, 213–24. Cambridge, 2007.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Evangelicals and Muslims: Interfaith Issues.” The Covenant Quarterly 63, no. 3 (August 2005): 3–11.
Tiénou, Tite. “Evangelism and Social Transformation.” In The Church in Response to Human Need, edited by Tom Sine, 261–170. Monrovia, CA.: Missions Advanced Research and Communication Center, 1983.
Tiénou, Tite. “Evangelism and Social Transformation.” In The Church in Response to Human Need, edited by Vinay Samuel and Christopher Sugden, 175–79. Oxford: Regnum, 1987.
Tiénou, Tite. “Faculty as Institutional Citizens: An Invisible but Essential Aspect of Vital Sustainability.” Insights Journal for Global Theological Education 4, no. 1 (2018): 25–32.
Tiénou, Tite. “Foreword.” In African Christian Leadership: Realities, Opportunities, and Impact, edited by Robert J Priest and A. Kirimi Barine, xv–xvi. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017.
AbstractDo you wish you had a better understanding of the issues and questions African Christians face as they seek to live out their faith in their cultural context? Do you wonder how Africans themselves frame these questions and their answers? Would you like access to actual research that can confirm your own experience or bring new information to your attention that would deepen and broaden your understanding? This unique book, the product of a multiyear study and survey sponsored by the Tyndale House Foundation, offers insights into all these questions and more. Featuring input from over 8,000 African survey participants and 57 in-depth interviews, it provides invaluable insight and concise analysis of the dynamics of the development of African Christian leaders today.
Tiénou, Tite. “Foreword.” In Christian Mission in Eschatological Perspective: Lesslie Newbigin’s Contribution, by Jürgen Schuster, [unknown]. Dition AfeM / Mission Academics, Arbeitskreis Für Evangelikale Missiologie 29. Nürnberg; Bonn: VTR Publications, 2009.
AbstractThis book examines the implications of Newbigin's understanding of the Kingdom of God for his theology of mission. Newbigin's theological thinking is based on an eschatologically oriented historical understanding of revelation. The gospel tells God's story with his world. In Christ the reign of God has been revealed on earth, yet its final consummation is still to come.
Tiénou, Tite. “Foreword.” In Theology in the Context of World Christianity: How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think about and Discuss Theology, by Timothy C. Tennent, xiii. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2009.
Tiénou, Tite. “Forming Indigenous Theologies.” In Toward the Twenty-First Century in Christian Mission: Essays in Honor of Gerald H. Anderson, edited by James M. Phillips and Robert T. Coote, 245–52. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993.
Tiénou, Tite. “Globalizing the Sacred: Religion Across the Americas - Review.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 30, no. 2 (2006): 98–100.
Tiénou, Tite. “Gospel and Cultures in the Lausanne Movement.” In The Lausanne Movement: A Range of Perspectives, edited by Lars Dahle, Margunn Serigstad Dahle, and Knud Jørgensen, 22:156–69. Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2014.
Tiénou, Tite. “Have We Created a Religion of Spectators?” Alliance Life, 1994.
Tiénou, Tite. “History and African Theology.” His Dominion 12 (1986): 25–30.
Tiénou, Tite. “In One Case, a Slow Death, in the Other, Open Warfare.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 22, no. 2 (April 1986): 169–70.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Indigenous African Christian Theologies: The Uphill Road.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 14, no. 2 (1990): 73–77.
Tiénou, Tite. “Indigenous Theologizing: From the Margins to the Center.” Journal of NAIITS 6 (2008): 109–24.
Tiénou, Tite. “Integrity of Mission in Light of the Gospel in Africa: A Perspective from an African in Diaspora.” Mission Studies 24, no. 2 (2007): 213–32.
AbstractTite Tiénou, born in Côte 'Ivoire, but currently an émigré presently living and teaching in the United States, examines the integrity of mission in light of the Gospel by exploring the church as African and the implication of this for mission, the meaning of mission in Africa, the place of Africa in the world, the opportunities for the integrity of mission in Africa and the requirement of integrity for the agents of mission. Tiénou believes that mission will be fruitful at the personal and collective level in Africa to the extent that churches and missionaries make integrity a moral and ethical imperative in church and society.
Tiénou, Tite. “Integrity of Mission in Light of the Gospel in Africa: A Perspective from an African in Diaspora.” In Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa: Essays in Honor of Jesse Ndwiga Kanya Mugambi, edited by Elias Kifon Bongmba. London: Routledge, 2018.
Tiénou, Tite. “Introductory Essay: African Theological Advance.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 45 (April 1, 2021): 108–10.
Tiénou, Tite. “Issues in the Theological Task in Africa Today.” East Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology, no. 1 (1982): 3–10.
Tiénou, Tite. “Le rôle de la prédication dans l’Eglise.” Diathèkè 2 (1999): 5–11.
Tiénou, Tite. “Lessons from the Prayer Habits of the Church in Africa.” In Teach Us to Pray: Prayer in the Bible and the World, edited by D. A. Carson, 231–71. Exeter: Paternoster, 1990.
Tiénou, Tite. “Missions Are Caught in the Complexities of Today’s Africa.” Pulse 21 (1986): 2–4.
Tiénou, Tite. “Notion et gestion de pouvoir dans l’Afrique traditionnelle: leçon pour aujourd’hui.” In Églises, élections politiques et développement en Afrique contemporaine, edited by Rubin Pohor and Issiaka Coulibaly. Abidjan: Les Presses de la FATEAC, 2016.
Tiénou, Tite. “Préface.” In Revisiter la théologie en afrique contemporaine, by Isaac Zokoué, 9–10. Abidjan: Conseil des Intitutions Théologique d’Afrique Francophone, 2016.
Tiénou, Tite. “Problems and Issues among the Rural Population of Africa.” In Facing the New Challenges: The Message of PACLA, December 9-19, 1976, edited by Michael Cassidy and Luc Verlinden, 37–40. Kisumu: Evangel Publishing House, 1978.
Tiénou, Tite. “Recapturing the Initiative in Theology in Africa.” Evangelical Review of Theology 11, no. 2 (1987): 152–56.
Tiénou, Tite. “Reflections on Michael A. Rynkiewich’s ‘Do Not Remember the Former Things.’” International Bulletin of Mission Research 40, no. 4 (October 2016): 318–24.
Tiénou, Tite. “Religion, Revelation or Christ?” Trinity World Forum 23 (1997): 1–3.
Tiénou, Tite. “Renewing Evangelical Identity from the Margins.” In Renewing the Evangelical Mission, edited by Richard Lints, 31–50. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Response to J.C. Cho’s ‘The Mission of the Church: Theology and Practice.’” In In Word and Deed, edited by Bruce J. Nicholls. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1986.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Christian Response to African Traditional.” In Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Enoch Yee-nock Wan, 209–17. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2004.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Church and Its Theology.” Africa Pulse 15 (1982): 2–4.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Church and Its Theology.” Evangelical Review of Theology 7 (1983): 243–46.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Church and Its Theology.” Perception 20 (1982): 1–4.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Church in African Theology: Description and Analysis of Hermeneutical Presuppositions.” In Biblical Interpretation and the Church: Text and Context, edited by D.A. Carson, 151–65. Exeter, UK: Paternoster, 1984.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Church in the Pluralistic African Experience.” In Practicing Truth: Confident Witness in Our Pluralistic World, edited by David W Shenk and Linford Stutzman, 148–55. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1999.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Common Roots of African Theology and African Philosophy.” In Issues in African Christian Theology, 38–48. Nairobi, 1998.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Future of ACTEA [Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa].” ACTEA Tools and Studies 10 (1991): 1–8.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Future of ICAA [International Council of Accrediting Agencies for Evangelical Theological Education].” Evangelical Review of Theology 14, no. 1 (January 1990): 86–91.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Future of ICAA [International Council of Accrediting Agencies for Evangelical Theological Education].” Evangelical Review of Theology 19, no. 3 (July 1995): 287–91.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Great Commission in Africa.” In The Great Commission: Evangelicals & the History of World Missions, edited by Martin I. Klauber and Scott M. Manetsch, 164–75. Nashville, TN: B & H Pub., 2008.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Invention of the ‘Primitive’ and Stereotypes in Mission.” Missiology: An International Review 19 (July 1, 1991): 295–303.
AbstractAnthropology has long been recognized as a useful discipline for mission studies. But what ideas does anthropological theory generate? What effects do these ideas have on mission? This article examines the concept of “primitive” and “primitiveness,” important in past anthropological theories. It shows that, though it is now discarded by anthropologists, the idea of “primitiveness” continues to exert much influence today. Since the “primitive” was an erroneous construct, its influence can only be detrimental to the cause of mission. Consequently, after pointing to specific examples, the article recommends that we avoid developing strategies based on stereotypes.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Invention of the ‘Primitive’ and Stereotypes in Mission.” Missiology 19, no. 3 (1991): 295–303.
AbstractAnthropology has long been recognized as a useful discipline for mission studies. But what ideas does anthropological theory generate? What effects do these ideas have on mission? This article examines the concept of “primitive” and “primitiveness,” important in past anthropological theories. It shows that, though it is now discarded by anthropologists, the idea of “primitiveness” continues to exert much influence today. Since the “primitive” was an erroneous construct, its influence can only be detrimental to the cause of mission. Consequently, after pointing to specific examples, the article recommends that we avoid developing strategies based on stereotypes.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Missionary Witness of the Persecuted and the Martyrs.” In Freedom of Belief & Christian Mission, edited by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil, and Knud Jørgensen, 28:444–51. Oxford: 1517 Media, 2015.
AbstractChristians have encountered suffering, persecution and death since the earliest days of the church’s existence. In the book of Acts, Luke describes how the death of Stephen by stoning and ‘a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem’ occurred (Acts 7:54-8:3). This ‘great persecution’ resulted in the believers in Christ being scattered. As Luke continues telling the story, he states that the scattered believers spoke ‘the message’ to Jews in Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch and to Greeks in Antioch (Acts 11:19-21). Thus, from the very beginning, persecution and missionary witness can be linked. The suffering, persecution and death of Christians
Tiénou, Tite. “The Problem of Methodology in African Christian Theologies.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 21, no. 3 (July 1985): 293–95.
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Tiénou, Tite. “The Problem of Methodology in African Christian Theologies.” PhD Thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of World Mission, 1984.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Right to Difference: The Common Roots of African Theology and African Theology and Philosophy.” Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 9, no. 1 (1990): 24–34.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Samaritans: A Biblical-Theological Mirror for Understanding Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Identity?” In This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith, edited by Robert J. Priest and Alvaro L. Nieves, 211–22. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Samaritans: A Biblical-Theological Mirror for Understanding Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Identity?,” 211–22, 2006.
AbstractThis chapter tries to set forth a case for discarding racial terminology and race categories in descriptions of the Samaritans. In order to do this, it argues that portraying the Samaritans in racial categories imposes on the biblical materials the problematic notion of race and is an example of the assumption that the way things are now is the way things were in the past. It also proposes that ethnicity is the appropriate analytical tool for understanding the identity of the Samaritans because ethnicity is about social classifications emerging within relationships in which people distinguish themselves from others.
Tiénou, Tite. “The State of the Gospel in Africa.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 37, no. 2 (2001): 154–63.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Theological Task of the Church in Africa.” In Issues in African Christian Theology, edited by Samuel Ngewa, Mark Shaw, and Tite Tiénou, 58–70. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1998.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Theological Task of the Church in Africa: Where We Are Now and Where Should We Be Going?” Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 6, no. 1 (1987): 3–11.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Training of Missiologists for an African Context.” In Missiological Education for the Twenty-First Century: The Book, the Circle, and the Sandals: Essays in Honor of Paul E. Pierson, edited by J. Dudley Woodberry, Charles Van Engen, and Edgar J. Elliston, 93–100. American Society of Missiology Series 23. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996.
Tiénou, Tite. “The Word and the New Arrogance.” In Text and Context in Theological Education, edited by Roger Kemp, 53–61. Springwood, Australia: Published by the ICAA/World Evangelical Fellowshio, 1994.
Tiénou, Tite. “Themes in African Theology of Mission.” In The Good News of the Kingdom: Mission Theology for the Third Millennium, edited by Charles Van Engen, Dean S Gilliland, and Paul Pierson, 127–36. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1993.
Tiénou, Tite. “Threats and Dangers in the Theological Task in Africa.” Evangelical Review of Theology 5 (1981): 40–47.
Tiénou, Tite. “Vrai Dieu et homme vrai: Le mystère de l’incarnation.” Découvertes 2 (1980): 6–10.
Tiénou, Tite. “Which Way for African Christianity: Westernisation or Indigenous Authenticity?” Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 10, no. 2 (1991): 3–12.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Which Way for African Christianity: Westernization or Indigenous Authenticity?” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 28, no. 3 (July 1992): 256–63.
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Tiénou, Tite. “Which Way for African Christianity: Westernization or Indigenous Authenticity?” Missio Nexus (blog), 1992.
Tiénou, Tite. Apologetic Effectiveness or Intensive Evangelization?: The Purpose of Contextualization. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
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Tiénou, Tite. Authority, Plurality or Ambiguity?: Reflections on Cross Cultural Hermeneutics. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou, Tite. Christian Scholarship and the Changing Center of World Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College, 2001.
Tiénou, Tite. Culture and the Interpretation of Scripture. Michigan City, IN: SWA, 1992.
Tiénou, Tite. Hospitality: Applied Reconciliation [Chapel Sermon]. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou, Tite. Is Contextualization Necessary in North America. Michigan City, IN: SWA, 1992.
Tiénou, Tite. Let Us Build on Peace: Ephesians 2:11-22. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou, Tite. Mission Theology in the Black Church. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou, Tite. No Room for Neutrality. Wilmore, KY: Asbury Theological Seminary, 2003.
Tiénou, Tite. Reconciliation in Christ. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou, Tite. Revisiter la théologie en Afrique contemporaine. Abidjan: Les Presses de la FATEAC, 2018.
Tiénou, Tite. Tâche théologique de l’Eglise en Afrique. Abidjan: Centre de Publications Evangéliques, 1986.
Tiénou, Tite. The Theological Task for the Church in Africa. Achimota, Ghana: Africa Christian Press, 1982.
Tiénou, Tite. The Theological Task for the Church in Africa. Second Revised Edition. Achimota, Ghana: Africa Christian Press, 1990.
Tiénou, Tite. Wanted: Servants of the Kingdom. Wilmore: Asbury Theological Seminary, 2003.
Tiénou, Tite. We Ought to Be about God. Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University, 2010.
Tiénou. “Accra Charter of Religious Freedom and Citizenship.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 35, no. 4 (October 2011): 198–200.
AbstractAboagye-Mensah, Robert Kwasi (Signer); Asamoah-Gyadu, J Kwabena (Johnson Kwabena) (Signer); Azumah, John Alembillah (Signer); Bonk, Jonathon J (Signer); Carew, M Douglas (Signer); Carpenter, Joel A (Signer); Célestin, Kouassi K (Signer); Dau, Isaiah Majok (Signer); Glerup, Michael (Signer); Helisio, Desta (Signer); Kpobi, David Nii Anum (Signer); Kukah, Matthew Hassan Bp (Signer); Libambu, Willy Michel (Signer); Lundman, Philop L (Signer); Oduyoye, Mercy Amba (Signer); Oduyoye, Amba (Signer); Onaiyekan, John Olorunfemi Cardinal (Signer); Quarshie, Benhardt Y (Signer); Sanneh, Lamin O (Lamin Ousman) (Signer); Tiénou, Tite (Signer); Walls, Andrew F. (Andrew Finlay) (Signer).
Tiénou. “African Traditional Religions.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, 46–48, 2000.
Tiénou. “Burkina Faso.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, 151, 2000.
Tiénou. “Christianity in Africa.” AIM International 3, no. Summer (1989): 3.
Tiénou. “Church and Theological Education: Legacies of the African Theological Initiative, Tenth Kame Bediako Memorial Lecture, 13 June, 2018.” Journal of Africa Christian Thought 2, no. December (2018): 7–13.
Tiénou. “Guinea.” In Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, 419–20, 2000.
Tiénou. “Have We Created a Religion of Spectators?” The Alliance Life 129, Number 9 (1994): 6–7, 10.
Tiénou. “Jésus-Christ, vrai Dieu et vrai homme.” Rencontre, no. 3 (1993): 4–5.
Tiénou. “Pouvoir, église et société: enjeux et avenir de l’enseignement théologique africain.” Revue de Formation et d’Actualités Théologiques 1, no. juillet (2016): 14–19.
Tiénou. “Préface.” In Revisiter la théologie en Afrique contemporaine, Isaac Zokoué, 9–10. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Conseil des Institutions d’Afrique Francophone, 2016.
Tiénou. “Response to `Meeting the Marxist Challenge in the Philippines" by Thomas N. Wisely.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 2, no. April (1986): 169–70.
Tiénou. “Review of Black Theology USA and South Africa by Dwight N. Hopkins.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 1, no. January (1992): 39–40.
Tiénou. “Review of Guidelines for Christian Theology in Africa by Osadolor Imasogie.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 1, no. January (1986): 40–41.
Tiénou. “Review of J. N. K. Mugambi’s African Christian Theology: An Introduction In.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 3, no. July (1991): 137–38.
Tiénou. “Review of J. N. K. Mugambi’s African Christian Theology: An Introduction.” East Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 8, no. 2 (1989): 33–36.
Tiénou. “Review of The Global God: Multicultural Evangelical Views of God, by Aída Besançon Spencer and William David Spencer, Editors.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 2, no. April (2000 1999): 240.
Tiénou. “Review of Unexpected News by Robert MacAfee Brown.” Journal of Evangelical Theological Society 1, no. March (1986): 74–76.
Tiénou. “Why I Believe: Consumer or Ambassador? Why Should We Spread the Good News of Jesus Christ?” Decision 1, no. January (1994): 13–14.
Tiénou. #MeToo | “I Hear You, I See You” | Theological Reflections. Mosaic Gatherings, 2019.
AbstractTrinity Mosaic Ministries aims to advance the ministry of reconciliation and renewal by equipping students, developing resources, and creating new networks.
As a part of this mission, we create space for speakers who raise questions and offer diverse perspectives on reconciliation and renewal. The views presented by the speakers are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Trinity Mosaic Ministries or Trinity International University.
Discussion Questions
1. What is seeing? What does it mean to actually see & hear?
2. In what ways has Scripture been used to dehumanize or objectify individuals?
3. Why is the issue of dignity the most important thing?
Mosaic Gatherings | 4th Speakers - Dr. Dana Harris & Dr.Tite Tiénou
February 13, 2019 | Wednesday
Meetings | Melton Hall (Waybright Center)
Time | 11:00am - 12:20pm
Music by Antonio Daily (with permission)
Tiénou. Chapel Message: Romans 1:1-17, Confidence in the Gospel, 2014.
Tiénou. Foreword” Leading Financial Sustainability in Theological Institutions: The African Perspective, by Emmanuel Bellon. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2017.
Tiénou. Listening to What Jesus Is Doing in African Theology, Prayer & Mission. The Global Church Project. Centre for the Research of Global Christianity, 2016.
AbstractTite Tiénou & Graham Hill discuss listening to (and learning from) what Jesus is doing in African theology, prayer & mission.
Tiénou. Racialization and Its Impact on the Church: Theological Reflections. Moasaic Gatherings, 2015.
Tiénou. Which Way for African Christianity. Brunswick: MAP International, 1993.
Yeh, Allen L., and Tite Tiénou, eds. Majority World Theologies: Theologizing from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Ends of the Earth. Littleton, CO: William Carey Publishing, 2018.
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AbstractAs Christianity's center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World in the 21st century, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language and culture and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of the Lord.
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