Africa Archives | Contending Modernities

Anti-anti-Intellectualism in Ebenezer Obadare’s Pastoral Power, Clerical State

Series: Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State

Devaka Premawardhana
October 27, 2023October 31, 2023

By continuing the chain begun by Pentecostal laywomen like those we learn of in this book Obadare joins them in refusing to let pastors dominate unduly, in forging space for what is increasingly crowded out.

Methods of Theological Engagement in Who are My People?: A Response to Critical Questions

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

Emmanuel Katongole
May 23, 2023May 24, 2023

I work with the assumption that the logic of the cross transforms both power and justice, both justice and mercy, into the reconciling love of God.

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Doing African Political Theology Outside the Box with Emmanuel Katongole

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

Emmanuel Ojeifo
May 11, 2023May 23, 2023

The remarkable Christian individuals in the book are given significant attention because of their theological vitality and social agency.

Katongole’s Quest for the African Christian Identity

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

William Orbih
May 8, 2023May 23, 2023

Christian identity is not a static essence, spiritual or otherwise. Rather, it is an invitation to a journey with a definite direction and telos.

Christian and African Identities vis-à-vis Postcolonial Ecologies

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

Cecelia Lynch
May 3, 2023May 23, 2023

Identities are deeply imbricated and our “journeys” to the discovery and rediscovery of them take effort and sacrifice, but are the only way to renewal.

Love, Power, and Justice: Reflections on Katongole’s Who Are My People?

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

Jason Springs
April 18, 2023May 23, 2023

In the portraitures that Katongole offers us justice is present, hovering over his exposition of the ‘violence of love and suffering’ . . . but it bears making this explicit, integrating, and developing further.

Identity, Theology, and Friendship in Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond

Series: Symposium on Who Are My People?

Marie-Claire Klassen
April 14, 2023May 23, 2023

Katongole’s reflections on friendship challenge us to move beyond mere intellectual considerations of identity and call for concrete action to build relationships across the boundaries that typically divide us.