ISSN 2756-3405
African Journal of Philosophy and Religious Studies ISSN 1621-4587 Vol. 2 (3), pp. 001-009, March, 2016. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
The theology of inculturation and the African church
Sussy Gumo Kurgat
Department of Religion, Theology and Philosophy, Maseno University, P.O Box 333-40105, Maseno, Kenya. E-mail:suguku@yahoo.com. Tel: +254 722721436. Fax: +254 722721436
Accepted 22 December, 2015
Abstract
This paper investigated the theology of inculturation and the African Church. Specifically, the study set to examined the demand and relevance of inculturation for cultural development, assess inculturation message to Africa, determine the role of Small Christian Communities and examine the impact of inculturation in African Church. The study was based on both primary and secondary data collected for a period of two years. The study was principally qualitative in nature based on qualitative techniques of data analysis. The results of the study indicated that for an effective inculturation, facilitation of active local participation motivated and controlled from bottom-up approach through Small Christian Communities has been very crucial for a sustainable inculturation process. This approach has led to successful inculturation especially in areas of liturgy, moral theology, African leadership and the Church-as-family. The study recommended that to establish an authentic African Church, there is need to emphasize on the role of Small Christian Communities.
Key words: Theology, inculturation, christianity, catholic church, culture.