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African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews
Dissertation (MTh (Systematic Theology))--University of Pretoria,2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/96890 African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews Mdingi, Hlulani u18190881@tuks.co.za Monnamme, Charlotte Mitta UCTD Liberation Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) Slavery Imperialism African theology Eschatology African Initiated Churches (AIC) African Spirituality Colonialism Christianity Land Independent Electoral Committee (IEC) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Sustainable development goals (SDGs) Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Dissertation (MTh (Systematic Theology))--University of Pretoria,2023. Black people in Africa have practiced spirituality for a long time, years before colonialism took over Africa. The African people had a very special relationship with ancestors and relating to the worship of God with the acknowledgment of ancestors. When missionaries came to Africa with the movement of colonial Christianity, they abolished African Spirituality and its practices as this was seen as worshipping idols and disregarding “God”. As a result, many Africans abandoned their spiritual practices and adopted the Christian faith. This research aims to explore the similarities and differences between African spirituality and Christianity. Often African spirituality is misunderstood and demonized by the Christian faith, however, comparing the two will expose the similarities that occur between the two movements, and investigating its origins and practices will shed some light on why both can co-exist. As such, this research aims to compare clashing worldviews of Christianity and African Spirituality, with an attempt to clarify any misconceptions that exist when it comes to African Spirituality. UP Postgraduate Master’s Research Bursary Dogmatics and Christian Ethics MTh (Systematic Theology) Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2024-07-10T08:42:25Z 2024-07-10T08:42:25Z 2024-04-23 2023-09-30 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96890 10.25403/UPresearchdata.26053138 en © 2023 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 | UCTD Liberation Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) Slavery Imperialism African theology Eschatology African Initiated Churches (AIC) African Spirituality Colonialism Christianity Land Independent Electoral Committee (IEC) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Sustainable development goals (SDGs) Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title | African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title_full | African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title_fullStr | African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title_full_unstemmed | African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title_short | African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews |
| title_sort | african spirituality and christianity revisiting clashing worldviews |
| topic | UCTD Liberation Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) Slavery Imperialism African theology Eschatology African Initiated Churches (AIC) African Spirituality Colonialism Christianity Land Independent Electoral Committee (IEC) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Sustainable development goals (SDGs) Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
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