Finding a place for Jesus as healer in Reformed mission in Africa

dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles)
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-19T06:54:31Z
dc.date.available2011-08-19T06:54:31Z
dc.date.issued2011-06
dc.description.abstractAfrica is a continent plagued with many sicknesses and diseases. Self-evidently health and healing would be major concerns and interests of the inhabitants. Reformed mission has formed a strategic alliance with scientifically tested medicine in the past. Africans do not find this alliance sufficient. They, however, need a medical mission that could deal with ‘African sicknesses’. The question is whether we need an alliance with traditional medical practitioners. Because traditional healing is linked to traditional religion, we are confronted with difficult missiological questions. The solution offered in this article concentrates on two dimensions, (1) an openness to and a respect for African culture and religion and (2) a radical rediscovery of Jesus as healer.en
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Wyk, I.W.C., 2011, ‘Finding a place for Jesus as healer in Reformed mission in Africa’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 67(1), Art. #864, 8 pages. DOI: 10.4102/hts.v67i1.864en
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v67i1.864
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17075
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_US
dc.rights© 2011. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectJesus as healeren
dc.subjectReformed mission in Africaen
dc.subjectTraditional healersen
dc.subjectTraditional religionen
dc.subject.lcshHealing -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshReligion and culture -- Africaen
dc.subject.lcshJesus Christ -- Person and officesen
dc.subject.lcshMissionaries, Medical -- Africaen
dc.titleFinding a place for Jesus as healer in Reformed mission in Africaen
dc.typeArticleen

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