Description
Book SynopsisThe research and reflections in
The Fourth Self come from the author's almost thirty years of interaction in mission endeavors, primarily in Kenya, starting with an evangelism and church planting emphasis, to maturing young churches, and then various methods of leadership development. Much of what the author has learned on his pilgrimage in search of the fourth self, he owes to his Kenyan brothers and sisters with whom he has shared this journey.
The Fourth Self will assist the reader in sharing in this journey more fully.
Given the influence of the Western theological heritage in East Africa, it is important that the value of the theological education be evaluated from the perception of the participants in the educational process. This intercultural pilgrimage has been in the making for many decades, and it has been a journey for both African and Western participants as they both learned from and taught one another. This volume articulates the voices of the particip
Table of ContentsContents: Journey from Replication to Contextualization – Contextualization and African Theology toward the Fourth Self – Theological Education and the Search for the Fourth Self – Search for Contextual Leadership Training: One Mission’s Experience – Evaluation of the Theological Education Process – Struggles in the Search for the Fourth Self – Discovering the Fourth Self: Implications for Theological Education – «Solidarity Partnership»: the Next Step in the Search for the Fourth Self?
