Kwame Bediako

Kwame Bediako

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Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo	dɔɔ
Dɔgebo paaloŋ	Ghana
Dɔgebo bebiri	7 Gyoonoɔre 1945
Dɔgebo zie	Akropong
Kūū bebiri	10 Gyoone 2008
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu	Bɔrefɔ
Tonnoɔre	theologian
Kyɔɔtaare o naŋ nyɛ	Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

Kwame Bediako (July 7, 1945 – June 10, 2008), ka ba meŋ maŋ boɔle o ka Manasseh Kwame Dakwa Bediako, da e la Ghanaian Christian theologian ande Rector ko a Akrofi-Christaller Institute na be a Theology, Mission ane Culture a Akropong, Akuapim North, Ghana.

O Nyɔvorooŋ̍ Yele

Bediako dɔgebo da la Akropong, Ghana ane, o na da e bidɔɔ ko a police inspector,da baa la a Police Training Depot na be Accra. Yi a baabo ŋ̍a zuiŋ̍, o zanne la a maŋ̍ yele a o ma-kɔkɔre na e Twi ane a Accra kɔkɔre Ga.

Bediako da baa la yi Christian yiriŋ̍, na e yaŋ̍aa ko a Presbyterian Karakyiisi ane evangelist, kyԑ da gaa a o sԑkondere sakuuri a Mfantsi-pim Sakuuri, Cape Coast, na paale a British Methodist mission. A yi be,o da ta la wagre mine a leԑ yiel-ŋ̍meraa ne a French existentialist a gaa zanne a o masters ane doctoral degrees na be a University of Bordeaux kyaare ne a African francophone literature. Ne a lɛ zaa a France beebo poɔ, o da la leԑre la a o puoruu gaane a Christianity. A 1973, o da kulee a o karembitasoba a French, na yi England, Gillian Mary. Wagere kaŋ̍a, ka o da la leɛ gaa zanne a doctorate gbԑre boyi soba a 1983 a da be a Department of Religious Studies aUniversity of Aberdeen, ka o kaara da e Andrew Walls.

Bediako la da e a rector dԑndԑŋ̍ soba ko Akrofi-Christaller Institute kyaare Theology, Mission ane Culture, na e university kyaare ne zannoo ane documentation koChristian dabaŋ̍koroŋ̍, ana wuli ka, ane a o nyɔvore a Ghana poɔ ane, ane zigyamaa mine, a Africa poɔ. Sommo kyeԑroŋ mine da beebe la yineŋ a o yuori zuiŋ.

Kwame Bediako da kpi la June 10, 2008, yineŋ̍ baaloŋ̍ faa kaŋ̍a zuiŋ̍.

Theology

A o koroŋ̍ saŋa nyɔvooroŋ̍, Bediako da taa la bammo yaga yineŋ̍ a o toma kyaare ne a African Christian theology.

A o PhD na be Aberdeen da nyԑ la deteroo a 1999, na da taa sommo yaga ko saakommo na be a Christianity kyaare ne a Greco-Roman world ane a 20th century Africa. A o toma mine meŋ̍ da la kyaare la yele na be a Christianity ane a saakommo yeltare, a gaŋe a zaa a Africa.

Kaŋ̍a meŋ̍, o da maŋ̍ taa la kannyiri neŋ̍ a kɔkɔre yiibo zie, Bediako da e neԑ na boɔrɔ ma-kɔkɔrԑԑ baabo kyaare ne a Christian theology.

Toma

• Bediako, Kwame (1999). Theology and Identity: The Impact of Culture Upon Christian Thought in the Second Century and in Modern Africa. Oxford: OCMS. ISBN 978-1-870345-10-1.
• Bediako, Kwame (1995). Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-0625-2.
• Bediako, Kwame (2000). Jesus and the Gospel in Africa: History and Experience. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN 978-1-57075-542-2.

Yeŋ̍e liŋ̍kiri

• Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission and Culture