01946nam a2200337 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100090005508200120006408200130007610000240008910000110011324500280012424500450015224500230019726000110022026000430023126000090027430000110028330000290029430000090032352010100033265000220134265000270136465000240139185600650141591100270148095700140150799900170152195200700153820260119071337.02024-04-04 11:46:04  a9780802869890  aeng.  a253.096  bA185-E79  aAcolatse, Esther E.  eAuthor  aFor Freedom or Bondage?  bA Critique of African Pastoral Practices  cEsther E. Acolatse  aU.S.A.  bWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company  c2014  a227tr.  bpaperback, illustrations  c23cm  aIn Ghana today, many people who suffer from a variety of human ills wander from one pastor to another in search of a spiritual cure. Because of the way cultural beliefs about the spiritual world have interwoven with their Christian faith, many Ghanaian Christians live in bondage to their fears of evil spiritual powers, seeing Jesus as a superior power to use against these malevolent spiritual forces. In For Freedom or Bondage? Esther Acolatse argues that Christian pastoral practices in many African churches include too much influence from African traditional religions. She examines Ghana Independent Charismatic churches as a case study, offering theological and psychological analysis of current pastoral care practices through the lenses of Barth and Jung. Facilitating a three-strand conversation between African traditional religion, Barthian theology, and Jungian analytical psychology, Acolatse interrogates problematic cultural narratives and offers a more nuanced approach to pastoral care.  aPastoral theology  aChristianity -- Africa  aTheology, Practical4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14236/4.jpgyCover Image  aTrương Trung Tín  a231010TKH  c14087d14087  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-14087v0.00yBK