THE SOUND TRANSMISSION OF CHRISTIAN REVELATION IN AFRICAN CONTEXT
Keywords:
African Christian Christology, African Tradition, Contextualization, Holy Trinity, Transmission of Christian RevelationAbstract
In traditional Africa, the way of holding a conversation about God was determined by the sacral words of wise ancestors. The aim of this article is to relate the sound transmission of Christian revelation to African men and women rooted in their ways of receiving the authoritative words of their beloved ancestors. The Christian revelation seen as the eternal and living Word who became flesh is a new way of knowing the mystery behind the goodness of life experienced by African wise ancestors who were constantly searching for the meaning of life-forces in nature. By exploring the mystery of God from Christian revelation perspective, African Christian theology goes beyond African wisdom literature by drawing African Christians to the fascinating and delightful mystery of the Incarnation of the Word of God in human history. Jesus, the eternal and living Word of God who became flesh as a human person embodies the nearest to God and God himself who can reveal the mystery of the wonderful Father who loves human beings in Jesus and through the Spirit by extending the family life of the three divine persons to all who experience an encounter with the Son sent to promote in the Spirit the abiding presence of the Holy Trinity in creation and in human lives. “The Sound Transmission of Christian Revelation in African Context” is an African Christian theology of interpretation of Revelation and Scripture for mature believers in SubSaharan Africa reclaiming the communal as the basic dimension of human life.
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