6 research outputs found
African theology and African Christology: Difficulty and complexity in contemporary definitions and methodological frameworks
A critical assessment of Bediako’s incarnational Christological model as a response to the foreignness of Christ in African Christianity
Pastoral care and healing in Africa: towards an adamic christological practical theology imagination for pastoral healing
This article argues that the challenge and need for relevant ministry models is critical for
effective Christian ministry and pastoral ministry as practical life ministry. It establishes an
Adamic Christological model as a paradigm that provides a practical effective ministerial
approach in Africa, particularly within the context of pastoral care and healing. This framework
reveals Christ’s complete identification with African Christians in their contextual sufferings
as the New Adam without compromising authentic gospel reality. In employing the Adamic
Christological framework as the anchor for African pastoral and healing ministry, a model for
African Christians’ daily response to their various contextual sufferings is constructed. This
responsive model bridges the gap between the ascension of Christ and the interim period of
Christianity by instituting God’s ongoing personal presence in believers’ suffering through the
Holy Spirit (pneumatology) as an encouraging and comforting reality that should enable
Christians to cope in their suffering. It is argued that this Adamic Christological framework
provides a practical theological model that contributes to healing and hope in pastoral care
through practical knowing that impacts and imparts meaning in life