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Liberation and reconstruction in the works of J N K Mugambi : a critical analysis in African theology.

dc.contributor.advisorPhiri, Isabel Apawo.
dc.contributor.authorGathogo, Julius Mutugi.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T11:04:08Z
dc.date.available2010-08-17T11:04:08Z
dc.date.created2007
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study builds on Jesse Mugambi's post-Cold War proposal for a paradigm shift, from liberation to reconstruction. Mugambi's line of reasoning is based upon his understanding of the post-Cold War period in Africa, and the need for a shift from the "dominant" paradigm of liberation, in articulating African theology, to reconstruction. The Cold War had divided Africa (and the rest of the world) into two ideological blocks, namely, the East Bloc nations (i.e., Warsaw Pact) vs. the nations in the West (NATO). With the destruction of the Berlin Wall, the end of western colonial rule in Africa, and the demise of apartheid, Mugambi prods that, there is a need to shift the theological emphasis from the Exodus motif to that of a Reconstructive motif. While the former motif was biblically modelled on Moses, and the Exodus from Egypt and the Journey to the Promised Land, the latter is biblically modelled on Nehemiah who led the Jews in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem following their return from Exile after seventy years of Babylonian captivity. Thus Mugambi sets the stage for the debate in this study, by his proposal that the post-Cold War Africa should now shift its paradigm in theo-social discourses.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/151
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMugambi, Jesse Ndwiga Kanyua.en_US
dc.subjectChristianity--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectReconstruction--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectReconstruction--Religious aspects--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectTheology--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectTheology, Doctrinal--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectLiberation theology.en_US
dc.subjectBlack theology.en_US
dc.subjectChristian ethics--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectChurch and social problems--Africa.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Theology.en_US
dc.titleLiberation and reconstruction in the works of J N K Mugambi : a critical analysis in African theology.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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