The Church and Politics: A Theological Reflection

by Bernard Boyo

Publishers:

Hippo Books; Langham

, 2021

Overview

The Church and Politics offers an introduction to African political theology that is thorough, practical, and deeply powerful. From traditional power structures to the political ramifications of colonialism, Dr. Bernard Boyo provides a foundation for understanding Africa’s contemporary political concerns in their cultural and historical context. Alongside this overview of African political history, Boyo traces the impact of Western missionaries, evangelicals, liberation theology, and African theologians on the church’s understanding of itself and its role within society.

This book critiques the emphasis on individual salvation that has so often led the church into abdicating its societal responsibilities and provides an exegetical analysis that firmly roots political engagement within a scriptural framework. The church, we are reminded, has a mandate to bring justice and righteousness into every aspect of human experience. As we follow Christ, it is not just our personal lives that should be transformed but our communities and even our nations.

Key Features

• Provides a foundation for understanding Africa’s contemporary political concerns in their cultural and historical context
• Traces the impact of Western missionaries, evangelicals, liberation theology, and African theologians
• Critiques the emphasis on individual salvation that has so often led the church into abdicating its societal responsibilities

Praise for the Print Edition

This important book is part of a growing number of African voices speaking back to colonial and missionary forces that have been so influential in framing Africa’s history. It is a deeply researched and biblically balanced reflection on African political theology today. Evangelicals around the world, and especially in the United States, have much to learn from this conversation.

—William Dyrness

Product Details

• Title: The Church and Politics: A Theological Reflection
• Author: Bernard Boyo
• Publishers: Hippo Books, Langham
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 206
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christianity and politics › Africa; Political theology › Africa
• ISBNs: 9781839734144, 9781839734670, 9781839734687, 9781839734694, 1839734140, 1839734671, 183973468X, 1839734698
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRCHPLTCRFLCTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:37:52Z

About Bernard Boyo

Bernard Boyo has a PhD in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA. He is a professor at Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya, where he teaches theology and biblical studies with an emphasis on hermeneutics and contextualization. His research interests are in areas of public theology, culture, the economic and sociopolitical impacts on suffering communities, and religion’s role and response.