TH390 Contextual Theology: Examples from Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Overview
In Contextual Theology: Examples from Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (TH390) you will be introduced to how contextual theology takes human context seriously by regarding it as an indispensable source of theology. Victor Ezigbo demonstrates that contextual theology is a valuable asset for theologians who already do theology from a systematic, historical, or biblical perspective. The course examines African ancestor Christology, which views Jesus Christ as an ancestor in the spiritual and physical world. It explores liberation theologians in Latin America who emphasize engaging in social action and confronting social problems in their communities, and it considers Asian Dalit theology, which seeks to answer the questions of those who are deemed outcasts in the traditional Hindu caste system. All theologians have a responsibility to serve the church, and this course will help bridge the gap between the academic library and streets where people live, as it examines how to engage with the questions that people in various contexts are actually asking. This course establishes a foundation for both understanding and practicing contextual theology.
- Title: TH390 Contextual Theology: Examples from Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
- Author: Victor Ezigbo
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Christianity and culture; Education › Christianity and culture; Education › Liberation theology--Latin America; Education › Theology--Africa; Education › Theology--India; Liberation theology › Latin America; Theology › Africa; Theology › India
- Resource ID: LLS:TH390EZIGBO
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2020-10-06T19:40:44Z
Dr. Victor Ezigbo, who attended Igbaja Seminary in Nigeria and earned his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is Associate Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Introducing Christian Theologies: Voices from Global Christian Communities(Cascade, 2013) and Re-imagining African Christologies (Pickwick, 2010). His areas of research include Christology, African Christian theologies, African indigenous religions, and World Christianity.
In 2001 Dr. Ezigbo founded the Nigeria-based Center for Research in Global Christianity (CRGC), which provides quality materials to regional students and pastors engaged in outreach, preaching, and evangelism. The center aims to provide materials of particular relevance to Nigerian theological concerns and has proven to be a valuable resource to pastors and others involved in outreach.
Dr. Ezigbo recognizes the many faces of Christianity and was raised with an understanding that “the theologies that matter are the theologies that speak to the needs of the people, and the pastors who are successful are the ones who talk about the issues that really speak to the people.” He appreciates the beautiful landscape and growing diversity of Minnesota’s Twin Cities area, and loves playing soccer and helping his students “learn to think theologically [and] independently, and how to do theology that actually speaks to specific issues within their context.”