Title:
Prophetic church and politics in Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Emmanuel Katongole: theological imagination for Nigeria
Author:
Patrick S. Adebayo
Thesis Advisor:
Fredrick Bauerschmidt
Committee Member:
Robert Pomplun Trent
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2019
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
There have been substantial efforts both in the past and recently to have a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Nigeria where socio-political and religious-cultural tensions would be minimized. Both positive and negative images have dotted the history of religion across the world. Hence, efforts have been made and are being made to keep religion as a private phenomenon, thereby separating religion from modern nation-states. Has religion in day-to-day reality been wholly separated from public life? This work is an effort of theology towards reimagining a new Nigeria where violence, ethnicism/tribalism, politics of greed and plunder, corruption, mutual religious suspicion of the ‘triple heritage’ give way to a national cohesion based on tolerance, respect, openness to social justice for the common good of Nigeria. This theological effort geared towards making a case not only for the relationship between church and state or religion and politics but also shape a new social imagination for every Nigerians towards a revolution of a new paradigm: Zacchaeus Syndrome and Abrahamic personage. This thesis mainly compares the theological positions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emmanuel Katongole, and Matthew H. Kukah on church and politics and what from their views can serve as the basis for theological imagination for Nigeria. The suggestion of theological imagination for Nigeria is the one that reveals that no one is outside the salvation of Christ: the oppressors and the oppressed, because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. It behooves on the church to lead a prophetic action in its mission to all Nigerians towards a national social cohesion. To do this, the church would have to be prophetic to itself too so that it can witness with one voice. This theological imagination is not without challenges.
Subject:
Academic theses
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
Thèses et écrits académiques
Subject:
Thèses électroniques
Subject:
dissertations
Degree:
Master of Theological Studies
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Theology
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Identifier:
AdebayoPS-19
