What are the differences between the Traditional African View of Evil and Biblical Concept of Sin?

      

List the differences between the Traditional African View of Evil and Biblical Concept of Sin.

  

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Maurice
(i) The biblical view offers hope for sinners through the death and resurrection of Jesus while there is no lasting solution to the problem of evil in the African traditional concept.

(ii) The biblical concept of sin gives an opportunity for repentance and forgiveness while in the traditional African view people appease God through sacrifices so as to be reconciled to Him.

(iii) The Biblical account emphasises the personal nature of sin while the African one stresses on the social aspect of sin.

(iv) In the African view, evil is an act committed while the Bible one is a sinner by nature.

(v) In the Bible, sin is mainly as a result of moral choices people make whereas in the traditional African view, evil is attributed to external forces.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 23, 2017 at 09:34


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