The Spirit Alone': Writing the Oral Theology of a Kenyan Independent Church
There are few accounts of the theologies of African Independent Churches (AICs), or of how such texts might be developed from what is an essentially oral phenomenon. In consequence, AIC students encounter difficulties in obtaining theological training appropriate for their churches. This article is...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
[2018]
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| Dans: |
Transformation
Année: 2018, Volume: 35, Numéro: 1, Pages: 15-29 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions FA Théologie KBN Afrique subsaharienne KDG Église libre |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
oral theology
B local theology B African Independent Churches B participatory methodology |
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| Résumé: | There are few accounts of the theologies of African Independent Churches (AICs), or of how such texts might be developed from what is an essentially oral phenomenon. In consequence, AIC students encounter difficulties in obtaining theological training appropriate for their churches. This article is an interim report on the process of recording such a theology - that of the Holy Spirit Church of East Africa. Based on insights from recent scholars in the fields of African Pentecostal theology, and contextual and local theologies, together with the work of practitioners in the network of the Organization of African Independent Churches, the article proposes a methodology for recording the faith of a predominantly oral church. It then describes a workshop held by the church in 2016, with attention to the ways in which this methodology was worked out in practice. The article explores some of the issues raised by academic engagement with an oral community of faith, and suggests one means by which the lack of dialogue between AIC oral theologies and theologies of the western academic traditions might be addressed. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0265378818767677 |