Browsing by Author "Syengo, Steven Nduto"

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    An Investigation of Blending Inculturation and Liberation approaches towards new evangelization in Contemporary Africa
    (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2018-07) Wachege, P. N. ; Syengo, Steven Nduto
    In the endeavour towards propagating the Good News, there seems to be a dangerous categorization of Inculturation and liberation approaches as if they are dichotomized entities that impacts negatively on Christianity’s Kerygma (proclamation) and Didache (catechesis). The paper assumes that an intrinsic combination of these two main approaches would result in a holistic mode of evangelization that would fruitfully inspire and significantly empower contemporary people in Africa to embrace the Gospel in their entire concrete existence while taking them separately would result in impoverished ministry. One may thus hypothesize that a merger of the two approaches would greatly influence the way agents of the Gospel accomplish Christ’s mandate to effectively propagate Christianity, in corroboration with the Holy Spirit, in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the remotest parts of the world (Acts 1:8), including today’s Africa. Such an assertion merits investigation at erudition level since it has been either ignored or handled superficially. Going by the assumption that Inculturation approach and liberation perspective in significant ministering of the Gospel have an indispensable affinity and actually, not just factually, necessarily imply one another (Nyamiti,2005:3-5) the study endeavours to verify that the merger has the potentiality of bringing about a holistic more effective evangelization mode that would bear abundant fruits in Africa in accordance with respective people’s socio-religio-cultural realities and signs of the times. Based on the above, the study will be guided by questions like: What is the perception and engagement of Inculturation approach in evangelizing service? How does the Christian Church understand and utilize liberation approach in the role of evangelization? How does the merger of Inculturation and liberation approaches make evangelization more significant in contemporary Africa? In what manner can the integrated model in Christian ministry be applied by the contemporary agents of evangelization in Africa to maximize the benefit to contemporary recipients in their historical concrete life situations? The paper will thus give a brief historical theological setting on the subject then scrutinize the nature and engagement of Inculturation approach in the evangelization ministry. It will also explore the perception and employment of liberation approach towards evangelization endeavour. This will be followed by a brief discussion on the blending of Inculturation and liberation orientations as a more fruitful mode of evangelization. Inculturation theory together with general and special revelation theory will guide the study.
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    Inculturation And Liberation As a Form Of Religious Diplomacy In Reclaiming The African Identity
    (British International Journal of Education And Social Sciences, 2020-07) Syengo, Steven Nduto ; Chamwama,Edith Kayeli
    Inculturation and Liberation are theologies which have seasonably preserved the African identity. The former expresses the inherent nobleness of Christian message in concrete African cultural forms while the latter holds together for the Gospel and experiences of men and women, loyal to the course of liberation in a wounded world, with a push to build a freer and more human African society. These two theologies were, essentially, meant to birth a holistic mode of evangelization that would inspire and empower Africans towards fulfilment of their potentialities and ideals. A discourse on a number of substantive issues relating to Africans, ousted the culture of contest which had accelerated the dismissal of African worldviews and knowledge systems, as irrelevant and unnecessary, for the true salvation of the Africans. The study encapsulates religious diplomacy as the necessary foundation for Inculturation and Liberation efforts through which different African cultures embraced the Christian message. Christian Mission, today, needs a renewed commitment to diverse and participatory evangelization practices of inclusive decision- making that value the distinctness of each culture to the extent that people come together to order their common life according to their needs, mentality, anxiety, thought-forms, and aspirations. Based on the above, the study will explore reflections on why the necessity of exercising power justly and fairly form a basis for mission in a wounded world; why justice, as the only true principle for humanity, is protection and kindness in a wounded world; and when mission has fancied itself most wise in human vulnerabilities.
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    Redeeming Christian Family and Marriage in Kenya.
    (Daystar University, 2020) Syengo, Steven Nduto; Oladipo, Rebecca