Browsing by Author "Fischer, John Hugo"

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    The Relationship between the Church and the Reign of God in the Reconstruction Theology of JNK Mugambi: A critical analysis
    (University of Western Cape, 2005) Fischer, John Hugo; Conradie, Ernst
    Reconstruction theology is widely regarded as one of the most influential approaches to contemporary African Christian theology - alongside others such as inculturation theology, liberation theology, African women's theology, evangelical theology and Pentecostal theology. In this thesis I offer a critical assessment of one of the main exponents of such reconstruction theology, namely the Kenyan theologian Jesse Mugambi. I explore the question of how his position on the notion of reconstruction should be understood. One point of entry into understanding Mugambi's views on reconstruction is to explore his position on the relationship between the church and the coming reign of God. In the history of Christianity this relationship has been understood in widely divergent ways. The task of this thesis will therefore be to examine, position, analyse and assess Mugambi's particular view in this regard. This will be done on the basis of a close reading of Mugambi's publications such as African Christian Theology: an Introduction (1989), From Liberation to Reconstruction: African Christian Theology after the Cold War (1995), Christian Theology and Social Reconstruction (2003), and numerous chapters in publications by African theologians.
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    A Theology of posessions in the African context: A critical survey
    (University of the Western Cape, 2007) Fischer, John Hugo; Conradie, Ernst M.; Faculty of Arts
    This thesis has been researched against a backdrop of conflict that had arisen due to diferent approaches to possessions in the African church as practiced within the Association of Vineyard Churches. This conflict arose because of different parts of the African church. An examination of certain New Testament scriptures follows detailing the approach of the early church to the ownership and use of possesions. Fron there the researcher surveys the history of patriarchial and monastic literatures it impacts on an understanding of possessions. A number of socio-econonic and worldview factors are then surveyed in order to gain an understanding of the way in which they impact the African church's approach to resources and possessions. Different forms of ownership also impact upon the African church scene and these are examined in order to assess their importance. The body of this thesis is then used to survey the different approaches of African theologians who offer solutions to the economic and cultural problems of post colonial Africa as they impinge upon a theology of possessions.