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Not thinking through the theological deposit from the West, but consists in thinking through faith in Christ.
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The sentence contrasts two approaches to theology. It rejects merely working through a “theological deposit from the West” and instead presents the task as thinking through faith in Christ. In other words, inherited theological ideas are not treated as the final focus; reflection should remain centered on faith in Christ.
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- TSF Bulletin (review of Theology in Africa)
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