Prescriptive Theology for the Local Church: Tite Tiénou's Hermeneutical Contributions to African Evangelical Theology

This article analyses the hermeneutical contributions of Tite Tiénou, a leading figure in African evangelicalism. In the academic literature, African evangelical theology has often been characterised as a ‘biblicist’ form of theologising that does not account for the hermeneutical questions that ari...

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Main Author: van Veelen, Wouter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Transformation
Year: 2024, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 333-349
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
FA Theology
HA Bible
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDG Free church
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Inculturation
B contextualisation debate
B Hermeneutics
B African evangelical theology
B African Theology
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