Chalk, Jack <br/><br/>
Making disciples in Africa  engaging syncretism in the African Church through philosophical analysis of worldviews 
Jack Chalk 
 - 192 pages 
<br/><br/> 1) Introduction --  relevance of study due to syncretism --  Why use 'worldview'? --  Value of Genesis 1-11 --  Value of Africans --  The problem --  Pathway to recommendations --  2) Worldview --  Definitions --  History of the worldview concept --  Religious dimensions of worldview analysis --  Philosophical elements of worldview --  Which worldview(s) reflect reality? --  3) Biblical worldview --  Christian religion as philosophy --  Use of Genesis 1-11 in establishing the biblical worldview --  Genesis 1-11 and science --  Revelation as postulating Christian philosophy --  Delineation of the Christian worldview --  Philosophical elements of the Christian worldview --  Religious dimensions of the Christian worldview --  Culture in Genesis 1-11 --  Conclusion --  4) African worldview --  Is there 'an' African worldview? --  ATR as philosophy --  Vital force as postulating the African worldview --  Delineation of the African worldview --  Philosophical elements of the African worldview --  Religious dimensions of the African worldview --  African worldview and culture --  A worldview in transition --  5) Two worldviews : Conflict or Conformity? --  The two worldviews as philosophy --  Basic postulates of the two worldviews --  Philosophical elements compared --  Religious dimensions compared --  Relationship of christianity to ATR --  6) Conclusions and recommendations --  Religious conversion --  Paths of divergence in worldview beliefs --  Effects of holding both worldviews on the Christian church in Africa --  Recommendations to the Church in Africa. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-907713-71-2 1-907713-71-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afrika<br/>Afrikanische Theologie<br/>Afrikanische Kirche<br/>Afrikanische Philosophie<br/>Synkretismus<br/>Weltanschauung