Review of Engaging Religions and Worldviews in Africa: A Christian Theological Method

Abstract

The Reverend Professor Yusufu Turaki was Provost of Jos ECWA Theological Seminary (JETS); General Secretary of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA); National Vice-President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN); Language Consultant, International Bible Society (IBS); Executive Secretary of Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission of the Association of the Evangelicals of Africa (AEA) and presently a Professor of Theology and Social Ethics at JETS, Jos, Nigeria and Chief Executive Director of the Yusuf Turaki Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Ethics (Boston University), a Double Major Master's in Theology and Ethics (Gordon-Conwell), Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Yale Divinity School. He is married to Deborah with 4 children. Prof. Turaki is the author of several books, book chapters, articles, papers, and manuscripts in ethics, theology, missions, development, colonialism, Islam, African contemporary socio-political issues, African Traditional Religion, and culture. Therefore, he is a well-qualified person to write for African theologians on biblical reflections in the African context with African heritage in mind. A rich resource to help Christians in Africa understand how to relate to Africa’s Traditional Religious heritage. Engaging Religions and Worldviews in Africa: A Christian Theological Method is one of the insightful works of Yusufu Turaki, compressed into about 500 pages, which I will first reflect on his initial remarks and his general introduction. I am privileged to review such a distinguished African scholar.