TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van der Walt,B.J.
TI  - Understanding and rebuilding Africa: from desperation today towards expectation for tomorrow 
SN  - 1868224198
AV  - DT14 V26 2003
U1  - 261.7096 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Potchefstroom
PB  - Institute for Contemporary Christianity in Africa
KW  - Liberation theology
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Social gospel
KW  - fast
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Western influences
KW  - Sociaal-economische aspecten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politieke aspecten
KW  - Interculturele vergelijking
KW  - Westerse wereld
KW  - Toekomst
KW  - Zukunftserwartung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Africa
KW  - Afrika
N1  - This is a follow-up and up-date of the author's previous bestseller: The liberating message : a Christian worldview for Africa, published in 1994; Includes bibliographical references; The Impact of slavery, colonialism, neo-colonialism and Christianity on Africa -- The contemporary crisis in Africa: Its characteristics and causes -- African Traditional Religion -- Culture, worldview and religion; a comparison between the West, Africa and the Bible -- African communalism and Western individualism -- Traditional African and modern Western concepts of time -- The African way of thinking compared with the Western mode of thought -- Different schools of philosophy in Africa -- Morality in Africa today - a serious crisis -- The sacralisation and desacralisation of authority and power -- Religion and politics -- Human Rights - a serious duty -- The five requirements for reconciliation -- Religious diversity, equality, freedom and tolerance -- Corruption: a many-headed monster -- Stewardship of our natural environment -- Development of the African continent -- Towards a normative economy -- The African Renaissance: new hope for the future -- An integral biblical worldview: a key to the rebuilding of Africa
ER  -