Charismatic churches in Ghana and contextualization

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Title:	Charismatic churches in Ghana and contextualization
Author:	Omenyo, Cephas N.
Year:	2002
Periodical:	Exchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context
Volume:	31
Issue:	3
Pages:	252-277
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	African Independent Churches Akan
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1163/157254302X00425
Abstract:	This essay on Charismatic churches and contextualization in Ghana begins by examining how culture can be perceived. It uses the Akan world view as a typical example of Ghanaian/African world view. It then looks at the Akan concept of salvation as a background to the adaptation sought by Charismatics. It looks at the transmission of Christianity by Western missionaries and its failure in the direction of contextualization. It discusses the African Initiated Churches (AICs) as the earliest example of a Christian movement that sought to adapt the gospel to the African situation, which is the essence of contextualization. The author focuses on the contemporary Charismatic movement, which is the most dynamic religious development in Ghana and examines how it has endeavoured to adapt itself to the sociocultural context in Ghana. Notes, ref.