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The Living Dead and the Living God: Christ and the Ancestors in a Changing Africa
Ancestor veneration is practiced widely in mainline churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America, usually in secret. Let us remove the stigma, bring it into the open and respond creatively to the spiritual needs of those concerned. The author listens to African traditional spirituality, the biblical witness, the Reformation, modernity and the future of humankind. What do they say? What could be a well-founded theological response?
312 pages
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Klaus Nürnberger
21 books5 followers"I sometimes think of myself as a "residual colonialist" – a Westerner dropped in Africa by birth and entangled with Africa without his consent. What am I doing here? Well, this is my home and I love it.klaus-thumb
I am a Christian. A Lutheran. A committed ecumenist. I believe that there is only one church of Christ, but there are various gifts to serve each other, and various insights to correct and enrich each other.
I am a theologian. But I also have a natural sciences and economics background. My passion has been to translate the biblical message into thought patterns of today. I work on an interdisciplinary basis.
I have been called to serve a predominantly black church in South Africa. African traditional spirituality, its interaction with modernity and the social consequences have fascinated and challenged me.
As a privileged person I am afflicted by the discrepancies in income and life chances between economic centres and peripheries. I devoted a considerable part of my career on causes and possible remedies.
With many of my generation I have witnessed the agonies and conflicts produced by nationalism, colonialism and apartheid. I cannot shake off the burden of my belonging to the perpetrators.
On the website you will find a list of my publications, abstracts of my major books, some ad hoc 'position papers' on selected themes, chapters from recent books, and a few recent sermons and songs.
Here follows my life story for those who need to know more."
I am a Christian. A Lutheran. A committed ecumenist. I believe that there is only one church of Christ, but there are various gifts to serve each other, and various insights to correct and enrich each other.
I am a theologian. But I also have a natural sciences and economics background. My passion has been to translate the biblical message into thought patterns of today. I work on an interdisciplinary basis.
I have been called to serve a predominantly black church in South Africa. African traditional spirituality, its interaction with modernity and the social consequences have fascinated and challenged me.
As a privileged person I am afflicted by the discrepancies in income and life chances between economic centres and peripheries. I devoted a considerable part of my career on causes and possible remedies.
With many of my generation I have witnessed the agonies and conflicts produced by nationalism, colonialism and apartheid. I cannot shake off the burden of my belonging to the perpetrators.
On the website you will find a list of my publications, abstracts of my major books, some ad hoc 'position papers' on selected themes, chapters from recent books, and a few recent sermons and songs.
Here follows my life story for those who need to know more."
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