AbstractsPhilosophy & Theology

The sufficiency of Christ in Africa : a christological challenge from African traditional religions

by Collium Banda




Institution: University of South Africa
Department:
Year: 2009
Keywords: African Christology; Spiritual security; Security in Christ; African worldview of salvation; Fear; Suffering; Transformation; Position in Christ; African motives of Christ; Biblical motifs of salvation
Record ID: 1432062
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1434


Abstract

The sufficiency of Jesus Christ in the African Church is challenged by the widespread spiritual insecurity in African Christians, prompting them to hold on to ATR. The wholistic securing power of ATR challenges the sufficiency Christ's salvation to Africans. Proposing African Christological motifs alone is inadequate to induce confidence upon Christ. The African worldview must further be transformed inline with the implications of the victory of the Cross over Satan. Indeed, Christ has fully liberated African Christians from Satan's authority, placed them in his kingdom, and transformed them into a glorious state. However, because of the Fall, salvation, before the eschaton can never result in the utopian order envisioned in ATR. Suffering does not necessarily indicate satanic harassment. It is a fact of the fallen world. African Christians stand secured in Christ; therefore, they must hold on to their faith.