Jesus and the Gospel in Africa: History and Experience

A masterful distillation of the insights of one of Africa's foremost thinkers on the impact of Africa on the understanding of Christianity and Christianity's impact on African identity. This book is a collection of thoroughly edited and abridged writings by Kwame Bediako that have appeared in a variety of publications over the course of the last ten years. Jesus and the Gospel in Africa is the best source for the author's revealing insights into the Christ of present-day African history and the Jesus of African faith. Bediako shows how intimately bound together are such elements as the message of Jesus and the struggle to give birth to African democracy. Citing Englebert Mveng, Bediako puts flesh on the idea that Christianity is today lived in local languages long before it is translated into English and French. The ten chapters of this book are the finest introduction available to understanding Christianity as lived by countless Africans in a high stakes search for liberation and peace.… (more)