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Title Transforming Africa: the role [of] the church in developing political leaders
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11871
Date 2013
Author(s) Banza, Kabuaya
Contributor(s) Kritzinger, J. N. J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950-; De Beer, S. F.
Abstract This thesis reflects on how to develop an African leadership that can contribute to the effective transformation of the African continent. After analysing the concept of leadership and categorising it for better understanding, the mission of the church as a developer of leaders par excellence has been examined and its potentials and limits assessed. Then, the thesis studied the specific extent of poor African leadership and its dire socio-political consequences in a sub-Saharan African country; so, the context of DR Congo was analysed. After that the contribution of the notion of African Renaissance to the whole debate of leadership development in Africa was assessed and the social, economic and political climate of the continent analysed. The poor and deficient African leadership has been identified as the main cause of rampant conflicts and wars, a slow economic development and lack of transformation in the continent. Given that church leadership seemed so poor and inefficient, the thesis has recommended that the African church needed primarily to transform its own leadership to be able to effectively develop transformational political leadership. The analysis of African institutions already involved in the development of an African leadership for socio-political transformation has shown that Christianising African leadership and socio-political institutions alone was not enough. So, the thesis has proposed a comprehensive socio-political discipleship for the transformation of both individuals and their communities. In a nutshell, the discipleship includes a socio-political intercession1, a four-dimensional discipleship, a socio-political psychotherapy and a church involvement project for socio-political transformation.
Subject(s) African Operation; African Renaissance; Develop a leadership; Four-dimensional discipleship; Political leadership; Role of the church; Socio-political discipleship; Socio-political intercession; Socio-political involvement; Socio-political psychotherapy; Socio-political transformation; Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute; 261.706; Leadership -- Africa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church and politics -- Africa; Church and social problems -- Africa; Transformational leadership -- Africa
Language en
Type of publication Thesis
Format 1 online resource (xi, 388 leaves)
Rights University of South Africa
Repository South Africa - University of South Africa (UNISA)
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