
Can a Christian Be Cursed?
An African Evangelical Response to the Problem of Curses
- 220 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Can a Christian Be Cursed?
An African Evangelical Response to the Problem of Curses
About this book
The belief in curses is widespread in Africa, impacting the lived reality of both Christians and non-Christians alike. In this book, Godwin Adeboye provides practical, biblical, and contextual guidelines for addressing the African conception of cursing, and for ministering to the fear and confusion such cursing elicits. He argues that African evangelical theology must begin by understanding, and valuing, the unique experiences of African Christians if it is to offer relevant answers to the real dilemmas they face. To this end, Adeboye draws on African traditional beliefs, empirical research, and the teachings of popular African pastors to provide insight into the religious and cultural contexts of the contemporary African church. Against this backdrop, he explores biblical passages on cursing and utilizes the evangelical positions on biblical authority, the atonement, personal conversion, and active mission to evaluate cultural beliefs and bring them into alignment with the gospel.While this text is an excellent resource for students of theology, missiology, and biblical or cultural studies, it is also immensely practical and deeply pastoral. Ultimately, it is a book to empower believersto confront their fear of curses equipped with the truth of Scripture.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Is the Experience of African Christians Different?
- 2 The Problem, the Controversy, and the Debate
- 3 Theological Method for a Theology of Curses
- 4 Biblical Theology of Curses and Cursing
- 5 Curses in Traditional African Religio-Cultural Context
- 6 The Reality and Fear of Curses in African Christianity
- 7 The Treatment of Curses in Contemporary African Christianity
- 8 An Evangelical Solution to the African Dilemma and Fear of Curses
- 9 Christian Moral Responsibility and the Dilemma of Curses
- 10 A Contextual and Biblical Guideline for Responding to Curses
- 11 The Real African Curses
- 12 God Is Sovereign and Christ Is Lord Over All Curses
- Bibliography
- Endnotes
- Index