There is a Great Need for Contextualisation in Southern Africa

Daniel Simango

doi:10.25159/2412-4265/3030

There is a Great Need for Contextualisation in Southern Africa

Authors

Daniel Simango North-West University Potchefstroom Campus, Unit for Reformed Theology and Development of the SA Society Principal of the Bible Institute of South Africa, Kalk Bay, Cape Town http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-7813

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/3030

Keywords:

African church, African Christianity, religious syncretism, contextualisation, southern Africa

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to show the need for contextualisation in southern Africa. The author discusses the early missionary activities in Africa and the current problems that the African church faces and how these problems are linked with a lack of contextualisation of the Gospel.

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Published

2018-05-24

How to Cite

Simango, Daniel. 2018. “There Is a Great Need for Contextualisation in Southern Africa”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 44 (2):12 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/3030.