The need to rethink African “Ideas of Christ” in the search for human flouring in post-Covid-19 era

This article argues that if the African church is to make a meaningful contribution to human survival, livelihood, and dignity in post-Covid-19, it must reclaim and reconstitute the Christ of the marginalized and excluded who joins them in their suffering, struggles, and hopes for a liberated and em...

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Main Author: Kaunda, Chammah J. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: Dialog
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 322-330
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBF Christology
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B rethinking “Christ”
B human flourishing in post-Covid-19
B African Church
B postcolonial story
B Christocapitalist
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Summary:This article argues that if the African church is to make a meaningful contribution to human survival, livelihood, and dignity in post-Covid-19, it must reclaim and reconstitute the Christ of the marginalized and excluded who joins them in their suffering, struggles, and hopes for a liberated and emancipated post-Covid-19 Africa. This requires a passionate commitment to rethinking the idea of Christ as a critical resource to mobilize the masses for transformation and bettering their social contexts. The article concludes that the apparent contradiction between Christocapitalist Christian faith and the historical struggles of the masses reveals the underlying contradiction within most churches’ conceptions of Christ.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12661