Compiled by Chukwuemeka A. Atansi, Joshua Robert Barron, Peter R. K. Bussey, Samuel K. Bussey, David M. M. Lewis, Yoel Koster, William Mbuluku and Diane Stinton.
Hinga, Teresia M. “Jesus Christ and the Liberation of Women in Africa.” In The Will to Arise: Women, Tradition, and the Church in Africa, edited by Mercy A. Oduyoye and Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro, 183–94. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992.
Lushombo, Léocadie Wabo. “Christological Foundations for Political Participations: Women in the Global South Building Agency as Risen Beings.” Political Theology 18, no. 5 (2017): 199–220.
AbstractThis paper draws upon the theologies of Jon Sobrino and Engelbert Mveng to construct a social ethics of participation for those who have been marginalized by corrupt political and economic institutions, focusing on the agency of women in Sub-Sahara Africa. In light of the philosophy of political participation in developing countries, I examine Sobrino's insights that the victims of the evil of this world have to live as risen beings, I consider the African Theologian Engelbert Mveng's concept of anthropological pauperization, and argue that it makes a difference to consider historical events that influence the contexts in which we view the victims. I also argue that both Sobrino and Mveng provide foundations for political participation of the victims, but there is a need to reinforce the agency of the victims, and their own ability to come down from the cross and live as risen beings. Such agency suggests the need for reinforcing the political participation of the victims. Finally, I supplement Mveng's thoughts with the cultural features of the African philosophy of Ubuntu — related to African Humanism — to show that Ubuntu, as well as Mveng, reinforce Sobrino's claims.
Magesa, Laurenti. “Christ the Liberator and Africa Today.” In Faces of Jesus in Africa, edited by Robert J. Schreiter, 151–63. Faith and Culture Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991.
Magesa, Laurenti. “Christ the Liberator and Africa Today.” In Jesus in African Christianity : Experimentation and Diversity in African Christology, edited by J. N. K. Mugambi and Laurenti Magesa, 79–92. African Christian Series. Nairobi: Initiatives Ltd., 1989.
Maimela, Simon S. “Jesus Christ: The Liberator and Hope of Oppressed Africa.” In Exploring Afro-Christology, edited by John S. Pobee, 31–41. Studien Zur Interkulturellen Geschichte Des Christentums 79. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1992.
Abstract"Two major strands of theology have developed in Africa - inculturation and liberation - each in response to different needs. Emmanuel Martey's African Theology provides a clear, scholarly examination of these two basic approaches, solidly based on Martey's understanding of contemporary theology and his first-hand knowledge of Africa."--BOOK JACKET. "Martey first examines the historical background of each of these theological developments, especially relating to cultural and political movements enveloping the continent in the 1970s. In sub-Saharan Africa, struggles for independence from colonizers have resulted in inculturation theology. The defining aspect of this theology is that it pushes its roots firmly in African culture and traditions. In South Africa, on the other hand, Black Africans struggling against the oppressive systems of apartheid have turned to liberation theology."--BOOK JACKET. "Martey shows how the real hope for African theology lies in the dialectical encounter between these two approaches and in their potential for convergence. "The two foci (of liberation and inculturation)," Martey says, "are not contradictory, but complement each other." African Theology concludes by challenging African theologians to weld together the praxis of inculturation with that of liberation, in order to achieve an integrative vision for the continent."--BOOK JACKET.
Mugambi, Jesse N. K. From Liberation to Reconstruction: African Christian Theology after the Cold War. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1995.
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