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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
ZA-BrSAT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
392 |
| Personal name |
Mumba, Gabriel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Christening a nation: A critical theological investigation of declaring Zambia a Christian nation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Johannesburg |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
South African Theological Seminary |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
224p |
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PDF |
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A4 |
| Accompanying material |
Abstract, TOC |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE |
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| Degree type |
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (PhD) |
| Name of granting institution |
South African Theological Seminary |
| Year degree granted |
2023 |
| Supervisors |
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Christening a nation: A critical theological investigation of declaring Zambia a Christian nation is a study contributing to the ongoing discussion concerning the theological implications surrounding the declaration of Zambia a Christian Nation, and how the Church in Zambia should respond to the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation?<br/><br/>The study is shaped after Osmer’s (2008, 199—217) four tasks of practical theology namely: (i) the descriptive task (what is going on?), whose main objective was to have an all-inclusive consultation to understand the factors that influenced the declaration of Zambia a Christian nation, (ii) the interpretive task (why is it going on?), which helped to historically understand what related literature teaches about christening a nation, (iii) the normative task (what ought to be going on?), which discussed what the Bible and theologians teach, vis–à–vis christening a nation, and (iv) the pragmatic task (how might we respond?), which discussed some critical theological implications of declaring Zambia a Christian nation, and further offered a pragmatic response of the Church in Zambia. In this regard, the study used a qualitative explorative–descriptive approach.<br/><br/>Christening Zambia and the subsequent declaration of Zambia a Christian nation aroused discussions among stakeholders like the religious mother bodies, government and other interested parties to understand its objective. Therefore, the declaration of Zambia a Christian nation presents some good prospects to the Church in Zambia of fulfilling the great commission of Jesus Christ, while at the same time it is a challenge when its biblical and theological basis is not properly considered. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
378 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Christianity |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
920 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Nationalism |
| General subdivision |
Religious aspects |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
441 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Christianity and culture |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Thesis |
