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A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/59094 A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie) Nyuyki, Peter Siysi Christian missions African cultures A missional approach Traditional social associations Mission churches NSO Cameroon UCTD Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. This research deals with Christian missions and African cultures. It focuses on the traditional social associations of the Nso’ people of Cameroon. The main problem the research addresses is that missionaries who came to Nso’ mostly imposed their culture on the Nso’ and by extension Africa in the name of Christianity. What this research refers to as traditional social associations is what the missionaries prejudicially termed secret societies. The research argues that these traditional social associations are not secret societies. They are rather custodians and preservers of Nso’ culture. Their activities are largely social, and revolve around eating and drinking. The research compares the case of Nso’ with missionary endeavours in North Africa: Egypt, Axum and Nubia and in Sub-Saharan Africa. In all these areas, the following commonalities are found: insufficient interest in the indigenous languages, syncretism, the tendency of mission to always link with colonialism and to despise the African worldview. In all these areas, the result was conflict between mission and indigenous culture, and conflict within the traditional cultures. In order to appropriately engage contexts in Africa that have traditional social associations like Nso’, the researcher proposes the use of an integrated missional approach. By integrated missional approach the researcher means a perspective that takes theology, anthropology, sociology and culture seriously when carrying out the mission of God (missio Dei). The researcher presents an integrated missional approach that is constructed in the light of contextualisation. This approach is based on Niebuhr’s typology that is described in his book Christ and culture and as analysed by Kraft in his Anthropology for Christian witness. The following sociological theories: functionalism, conflict theory, phenomenology and social identity theory are used to discuss how certain realities operate in human communities. Using content analysis as his predominant methodological approach to the data collected, the researcher concludes that culture has been, is, and will continue to be the main vehicle for mission. Hence, the traditional social associations of the Nso’ people, which form the core culture of Nso’ need to be seen as an opportunity for evangelisation. The research shows that the missionary era in Nso’ in particular and Africa in general has ended and that the era in which the local church is finding its own identity is underway. Methodist Church Britain ae2025 Science of Religion and Missiology PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2017-02-16T10:39:31Z 2017-02-16T10:39:31Z 2017 2017 Thesis Nyuyki, PS 2017, A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59094> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59094 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Christian missions African cultures A missional approach Traditional social associations Mission churches NSO Cameroon UCTD Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title | A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title_full | A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title_fullStr | A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title_full_unstemmed | A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title_short | A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon |
| title_sort | missional approach to the traditional social associations of the nso people of cameroon |
| topic | Christian missions African cultures A missional approach Traditional social associations Mission churches NSO Cameroon UCTD Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59094 |