Bediako, Kwame, and John S. Pobee. “Pobee, John S., Toward an African Theology. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon 1979; 174 Pp. [Book Review].” Journal of Religion in Africa 11, no. 3 (1980): 235–37.
Bediako, Kwame, and Mary Bediako. “‘Ebenezer, This Is How Far the Lord Has Helped Us’: Reflections on the Institutional Itinerary of the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research & Applied Theology (1974-2005).” Unpublished, May 2005.
Bediako, Kwame. “‘Ethiopia Shall Soon Stretch out Her Hands to God’ (Ps. 68:31) African Christians Living in the Faith: A Turning Point in Christian History?” In A New Day Dawning: African Christians Living the Gospel, Essays in Honour of Dr. J. J. (Hans) Visser, edited by Kwame Bediako, Mechteld Jansen, Jan van Butselaar, and Aart Verburg, 30–40. Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum, 2004.
Bediako, Kwame. “‘The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa’ by Paul Gifford (Book Review).” African Affairs 96, no. 384 (July 1997): 468–69.
Bediako, Kwame. “‘Whose Religion Is Christianity?’ Reflections on Opportunities and Challenges in Christian Theological Scholarship - the African Dimension.” In Mission in the Twenty-First Century, 107–17, 210–13. London; Maryknoll, N.Y.: Darton, Longman and Todd; Orbis, 2008.
Bediako, Kwame. “‘Why Has the Summer Ended and We Are Not Saved?’ Encountering the Real Challenge of Christian Engagement in Primal Contexts.” Journal of African Christian Thought 11, no. 2 (2008): 5–8.
Bediako, Kwame. “'Whose Religion Is Christianity?’: Reflections on Opportunities and Challenges for Christian Theological Scholarship as Public Discourse—The African Dimension”.” Journal of African Christian Thought 9, no. 2 (2006): 43–48.
Bediako, Kwame. “A Half Century of African Christian Thought. Pointers to Theology and Theological Education in the Next Half Century.” Journal of African Christian Thought 3, no. 1 (June 2000): 5–16.
Bediako, Kwame. “A New Era in Christian History--African Christianity as Representative Christianity: Some Implications for Theological Education and Scholarship.” Journal of African Christian Thought 9, no. 1 (June 2006): 3–7.
Bediako, Kwame. “African Christian Theology.” In New Dictionary of Theology, edited by Sinclair Ferguson and David Wright, 8–10. Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
Bediako, Kwame. “African Christian Thought.” In The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh S. Pyper, 8–10. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
AbstractThis reference work is an introduction in English to the living tradition of Christian thought. It focuses on the broad sweep of ideas rather than factual detail, surveying all traditions and centuries but concentrating more on the present than the past.
Bediako, Kwame. “African Theology as a Challenge for Western Theology.” In Christian Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Martien Brinkman and Dirk van Keulen, 52–67. Studies in Reformed Theology 8. Zoetermeer, 2003.
Bediako, Kwame. “AICMAR: ‘Missionaries Did Not Bring Christ to Africa - Christ Brought Them’: Why Africa Needs Jesus Christ.” AICMAR Bulletin 6 (2006): 17–31.
Bediako, Kwame. “AICMAR: ‘Their Past Is Also Our Present’: Why All Christians Have Need of Ancestors: Making a Case for Africa.” AICMAR Bulletin 6 (2006): 1–16.
Bediako, Kwame. “AICMAR: ‘Their Past Is Also Our Present.’ Why All Christians Have Need of Ancestors: Making a Case for Africa”.” AICMAR Bulletin 6 (2007): 1–16.
Bediako, Kwame. “AICMAR: Missionaries Did Not Bring Christ to Africa—Christ Brought Them.’: Why Africa Needs Jesus Christ”.” AICMAR Bulletin 6 (2007): 17–31.
Bediako, Kwame. “Andrew F. Walls as Mentor.” In Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls, edited by William R. Burrows, Mark R. Gornik, and Janice A. McLean, 7–10. Orbis, 2011.
Bediako, Kwame. “Appiah-Kubi, Kofi and Torres, Sergio (Eds.), African Theology En Route. Papers from the Pan-African Conference of Third World Theologians, December 1 7 -2 3 , 1 977 , Accra, Ghana, M Aryknoll, N .Y .: Orbis 1979, 214 Pp.; Appiah-Kubi, Kofi a.o. Libération Ou Adaptation? La Théologie Africaine s’interroge. Le Colloque d’Accra (Textes Anglais Traduits Par R. Arrighi) Paris: L’Harmattan, 239 Pp. [Book Review].” Journal of Religion in Africa 11, no. 2 (1980): 158–59.
Bediako, Kwame. “Biblical Christologies in the Context of African Traditional Religions.” In Sharing Jesus in the Two-Thirds World: Evangelical Christologies from the Contexts of Poverty, Powerlessness and Religious Pluralism: The Papers of the First Conference of Evangelical Mission Theologians from the Two Thirds World, Bangkok, Thailand, March 22-25, 1982, edited by Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden, 81–121. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984.
Bediako, Kwame. “Biblical Exegesis in Africa: The Significance of the Translated Scriptures.” In African Theology on the Way: Current Conversations, edited by Diane B. Stinton, 12–20. London: SPCK, 2010.
Bediako, Kwame. “Biblical Exegesis in the African Context: The Factor and Impact of the Translated Scriptures.” Journal of African Christian Thought 6, no. 1 (June 2003): 15–23.
Bediako, Kwame. “Black Theology.” In New Dictionary of Theology, edited by David F. Wright, and Sinclair B. Ferguson, 103–5. Leicester, UK; Downers Grove, USA: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
Bediako, Kwame. “Black Theology.” In New Dictionary of Theology, edited by Sinclair Ferguson and David Wright, 103–5. Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christ in Africa: Some Reflections on the Contribution of Christianity to the African Becoming.” In African Futures: 25th Anniversary Conference Proceedings Held in the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, 9-11 December 198, edited by Christopher Fyfe, 447–58. Seminar Proceedings 28. Edinburgh: Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1987.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christ Is Lord! How Is Jesus Christ Unique in the Midst of Other Faiths?” Trinity Journal of Church and Theology 14, no. 2 (January 1994): 50–61.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christian Faith and African Culture: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews.” Journal of African Christian Thought 13, no. 1 (2010): 45–57.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christian Tradition and the African God Revisited: A Process in the Exploration of a Theological Idiom.” In Witnessing to the Living God in Contemporary Africa, edited by David Gitari and Patrick Benson, 77–97. Nairobi: Uzima Press, 1986.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christian Witness in the Public Sphere: Some Lessons and Residual Challenges from the Recent Political History of Ghana.” In The Changing Face of Christianity: Africa, the West, and the World, edited by Lamin O. Sanneh and Joel A. Carpenter, 117–34. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Bediako, Kwame. “Christianity, Islam and the Kingdom of God - Rethinking Their Relationship from an African Perspective.” Journal of African Christian Thought 7, no. 2 (2004): 3–7.
Bediako, Kwame. “Clement Anderson Akrofi.” In Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, edited by Gerald H. Anderson, 17. New York: Macmillan, 1997.
Bediako, Kwame. “Conclusion: The Emergence of World Christianity and the Remaking of Theology.” In Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls, edited by William R. Burrows, Mark R. Gornik, and Janice A. McLean, 243–56. Orbis, 2011.
Bediako, Kwame. “Cry Jesus! African Theology and Presence in Modern Africa.” In Jesus in Africa: The Christian Gospel in African History and Experience, 3–19. Yaoundé, Cameroun; Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana: Editions Clé ; Regnum Africa, 2000.
Bediako, Kwame. “Cry Jesus!: Christian Theology and Presence in Modern Africa ; the 1993 Laing Lecture given at London Bible College, Friday, 5th February 1993.” Akropong-Akuapem, February 5, 1993.
Bediako, Kwame. “De-Sacralization and Democratization: Some Theological Reflections on the Role of Christianity in Nation-Building in Modern Africa.” Transformation 12, no. 1 (March 1995): 5–11.
Bediako, Kwame. “Facing the Challenge: Africa in World Christianity in the 21st Century - A Vision of the African Christian Future.” Journal of African Christian Thought 1, no. 1 (1998): 52–57.
Bediako, Kwame. “Findings Report. Africa Theological Fraternity Inaugural Meeting, 23-29 July 1985.” In The Living God, Nairobi: Africa Theological Fraternity, edited by David M. Gitari and Patrick Benson, ix–xi. Nairobi: Act Print Ltd; Uzima Press, 1985.
Bediako, Kwame. “Five Theses on the Significance of Modern African Christianity: A Manifesto.” In Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity, edited by Robert L. Gallagher and Paul Hertig. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2009.
Bediako, Kwame. “Foreword.” In My Neighbour’s Faith: Islam Explained for African Christians, by John A. Azumah, ix–xi. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.
Bediako, Kwame. “Gospel and Culture: Some Insights for Our Time from the Experience of the Earliest Church.” Journal of African Christian Thought 2, no. 2 (1999): 8–17.
Bediako, Kwame. “How Is Jesus Christ Lord? Aspects of an Evangelical Christian Apologetics in the Context of African Religious Pluralism.” Exchange 25, no. 1 (1996): 27–42.
Bediako, Kwame. “Identity and Integration: An Enquiry into the Nature and Problems of Theological Indigenization in Selected Early Hellenistic and Modern African Christian Writers.” PhD Dissertation, University of Aberdeen, 1983.
Bediako, Kwame. “Jesus in African Culture: A Ghanaian Perspective on Ancestors.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 32, no. 4 (October 2015): 195–202.
Bediako, Kwame. “Jesus in African Culture: A Ghanaian Perspective.” In Emerging Voices in Global Christian Theology, edited by W. A. Dyrness, 93–121. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.
Bediako, Kwame. “John Mbiti’s Contribution to African Theology.” In Religious Plurality in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti, edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Sulayman S. Nyang, 32:367–90. Religion and Society. Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.
Bediako, Kwame. “John Mbiti.” In The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh S. Pyper, 418. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
AbstractThis reference work is an introduction in English to the living tradition of Christian thought. It focuses on the broad sweep of ideas rather than factual detail, surveying all traditions and centuries but concentrating more on the present than the past.
Bediako, Kwame. “L’Univers Interieur de TCHICAYA U TAM’SI.” Unpublished doctoral thesis /Thèse de 3e cycle, L’université de Bordeaux III, 1973.
Bediako, Kwame. “Négritude et Surréalisme: Essai sur l’oeuvre poétique de TCHICAYA U TAM’SI.” MA Thesis (unpublished), Université de Bordeaux III, 1970.
Bediako, Kwame. “Proclaiming Christ Today - as an African and Evangelical Christian.” In Proclaiming Christ Today: Orthodox – Evangelical Consultation, Alexandria, 10 – 15 July 1995, edited by Huibert van Beek and Georges Lemopoulos, 30–43. Geneva; Bialystoc: WCC; Syndesmos, 1996.
Bediako, Kwame. “Religion and National Identity- Assessing the Discussion from Cicero to Danquah Law and Religion.” Inaugural Lecture, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, June 25, 1997.
Bediako, Kwame. “Scripture as the Interpreter of Culture and Tradition.” In Africa Bible Commentary, edited by Tokunboh Adeyemo, Solomon Andria, Kwame Bediako, Isabel Apawo Phiri, and Yusufu Turaki, 3–4. Nairobi; Grand Raoids, MI: Word Alive Publishers; Zondervan, 2006.
AbstractThe first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students and lay leaders. It furnishes powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text that transcend Africa in their significance.
Bediako, Kwame. “The African Renaissance and Theological Reconstruction: The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century.” Journal of African Christian Thought 4, no. 2 (2001): 29–33.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Church and the University: Some Reflections on the Rationale for a Christian Participation in the Public Education in Africa.” ATF Bulletin, 2003.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Doctrine of Christ and the Significance of Vernacular Terminology.” International Bulletin Of Missionary Research 22, no. 3 (July 1998): 110–11.
AbstractFirst appeared in the January-July 1998 issue of Akrofi-Christaller Centre News,
and later as Chapter 6: One Song in Many Tongues, paper for graduate seminar,
Edinburgh, 1997, in Jesus and the Gospel in Africa.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Emergence of World Christianity and the Remaking of Theology.” Journal of African Christian Thought 12, no. 2 (2009): 50–55.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Gospel and the Transformation of the Non-Western World.” In Anglican Life and Witness: A Reader for the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops 1998, edited by Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden, 169–80. London: SPCK, 1997.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Holy Spirit, the Christian Gospel and Religious Change: The African Evidence for a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism.” In Essays in Religious Studies for Andrew Walls, edited by James Thrower, 44–56. Aberdeen: Department of Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, 1986.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Impact of the Bible in Africa.” In On Their Way Rejoicing - The History and Role of the Bible in Africa, 243–54. Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1994.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Relevance of a Christian Approach to Culture in Africa.” In Christian Education in the African Context: Proceedings of the First African Regional Conference of the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education – IAPCHE – Held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 – 9 March 1991, 24–35. Grand Rapids, MI: IAPCHE, 1991.
Bediako, Kwame. “The Role and Significance of the Translation of the Bible into African Languages in the Consolidation of the Church and Its Expansion into Unreached Areas.” Limuru, Kenya, 2001.
Bediako, Kwame. “Theological Reflections.” In Serving with the Poor in Africa, edited by Tetsunao Yamamori, Bryant L. Myers, Kwame Bediako, and L. Reed, 181–92. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1996.
AbstractDutch translation and extract of “Cry Jesus!” (1993).
Bediako, Kwame. “Theology of African Independent Churches.” In New Dictionary of Theology, edited by Sinclair Ferguson and David Wright, 10–12. Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
Abstract3rd Payton lecture. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA,
USA, October 2000
Bediako, Kwame. “Types of African Theology.” In Christianity in Africa in the 1990s, edited by Christopher Fyfe and Andrew F. Walls, 56–69. Edinburgh: Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1996.
Bediako, Kwame. “Understanding African Theology in the 20th Century.” Bulletin for Contextual Theology in Southern Africa and Africa 3, no. 2 (1996): 1–11.
Bediako, Kwame. “Unmasking the Powers - Christianity, Authority and Desacralisation in Modern African Politics.” In Christianity and Democracy in Global Context, edited by John Witte, 207–30. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993.
Bediako, Kwame. “World Evangelisation, Institutional Evangelicalism and the Future of the Christian World Mission.” In Proclaiming Christ in Christ’s Way - Studies in Integral Evangelism, edited by V. Samuel and A. Hauser, 52–68. Oxford: Regnum Books, 1989.
Bediako, Kwame. “Worship as Vital Participation: Some Personal Reflections on Ministry in the African Church.” Journal of African Christian Thought 8, no. 2 (December 2005): 3–7.
Bediako, Kwame. Jésus en Afrique: l’Evangile chrétien dans l’histoire et l’expérience africaines. Translated by Dati Sabze. Yaoundé; Akropong-Akuapem: Editions Clé ; Regnum Africa, 2000.
Abstract"Jesus and the Gospel in Africa collects writings by Kwame Bediako and is the best source for his insights into the Christ of present-day African history and the Jesus of African faith. Bediako shows how intimately bound together are such elements as the message of Jesus and the struggle to give birth to African democracy." --Book Jacket.
Bediako, Kwame. Jesus in Africa: The Christian Gospel in African History and Experience. Theological Reflections from the South. Yaoundé; Akropong-Akuapem: Editions Clé; Regnum Africa, 2000.
Bediako, Kwame. Kamfo Awurade: A Compilation of Ghanaian Choruses & Popular Hymns in English. Akropong-Akuapem: Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre, 2001.
Bediako, Kwame. Religion, Culture and Language: An Appreciation of the Intellectual Legacy of Dr. J. B. Danquah. Accra: Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006.
Bediako, Kwame. The Disciplines of the Spiritual Life and the Dynamics of Pastoral Ministry: A Handbook for Ministers. Akropong-Akuapem: Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre., 2001.
Bediako, Kwame. Theology and Identity: The Impact of Culture upon Christian Thought in the Second Century and in Modern Africa. Oxford: Regnum Books, 1992.
Nichols, Bruce, and Kwame Bediako, eds. “The Unique Christ in the Plurality of Religions.” In The Unique Christ in Our Pluralist World, 47–56. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1994.
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