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100			_aAcolatse, Esther E.
100			_eAuthor
245			_aFor Freedom or Bondage?
245			_bA Critique of African Pastoral Practices
245			_cEsther E. Acolatse
260			_aU.S.A.
260			_bWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
260			_c2014
300			_a227tr.
300			_bpaperback, illustrations
300			_c23cm
520			_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.
650			_aPastoral theology
650			_aChristianity -- Africa
650			_aTheology, Practical
856	4		_uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14236/4.jpg _yCover Image
911			_aTrương Trung Tín
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