DOING THEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS AS A WAY OF SUSTAINING THEOLOGY IN THE CHANGING ECONOMY
In recent times, there has been a growing concern and emphasis on Africa’s economic development failure. This has necessitated the inclusion of a broad spectrum of intellectual disciplines and scholars of different traditions to help in articulating solution to Africa’s economic and development challenges. In this regard, various governments and development policy makers had sought solutions from scientific, economic and political dimensions, with religion playing a very minimal role particularly the church and its theology. Adopting a qualitative research methodology, this paper, argues that the Church using it theological resources in the context of theology and development, and acting as a synergy could be a significant contributor in solving Africa’s economic and development problems. This, indeed, could lead to realizing the missio-dei which is the rasion d’être of the church.
Keywords: changing, development, economy, institutions, studies, sustaining, theological, theology