Tite Tiénou
Biographic Data
| ID | 3466546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tite Tiénou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tite |
| FAMILY NAME | Tiénou |
| SIGNATURE | TIÉNOU T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Episcopal Divinity School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A multiperspectival critical analysis of Mekdes Haddis’s A Just Mission
This article presents a multiperspectival critical analysis of Mekdes Haddis’s A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality . It begins by providing background information on Haddis, outlining her personal journey and the motivations behind her book. The analysis proceeds with reviews from three senior scholars—Al Tizon, Tite Tiénou, and Xiaoli Yang—each of whom explores the book’s contributions and weaknesses, focusing particularly …
Introductory Essay
Introductory Essay
The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology
Evangelicalism, a vibrant and growing expression of historic Christian orthodoxy, is already one of the largest and most geographically diverse global religious movements. This Companion, first published in 2007, offers an articulation of evangelical theology that is both faithful to historic evangelical convictions and in dialogue with contemporary intellectual contexts and concerns. In addition to original and creative essays on central Christi…
Integrity of Mission in Light of the Gospel in Africa
Tite Tiénou, born in Côte 'Ivoire, but currently an émigré presently living and teaching in the United States, examines the integrity of mission in light of the Gospel by exploring the church as African and the implication of this for mission, the meaning of mission in Africa, the place of Africa in the world, the opportunities for the integrity of mission in Africa and the requirement of integrity for the agents of mission. Tiénou believes that …
The Invention of the "Primitive" and Stereotypes in Mission
Anthropology has long been recognized as a useful discipline for mission studies. But what ideas does anthropological theory generate? What effects do these ideas have on mission? This article examines the concept of "primitive" and "primitiveness," important in past anthropological theories. It shows that, though it is now discarded by anthropologists, the idea of "primitiveness" continues to exert much influence today. Since the "primitive" was…
The Invention of the "Primitive" and Stereotypes in Mission
Anthropology has long been recognized as a useful discipline for mission studies. But what ideas does anthropological theory generate? What effects do these ideas have on mission? This article examines the concept of "primitive" and "primitiveness," important in past anthropological theories. It shows that, though it is now discarded by anthropologists, the idea of "primitiveness" continues to exert much influence today. Since the "primitive" was…
The Invention of the "Primitive" and Stereotypes in Mission
Anthropology has long been recognized as a useful discipline for mission studies. But what ideas does anthropological theory generate? What effects do these ideas have on mission? This article examines the concept of "primitive" and "primitiveness," important in past anthropological theories. It shows that, though it is now discarded by anthropologists, the idea of "primitiveness" continues to exert much influence today. Since the "primitive" was…
The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology
Evangelicalism, a vibrant and growing expression of historic Christian orthodoxy, is already one of the largest and most geographically diverse global religious movements. This Companion, first published in 2007, offers an articulation of evangelical theology that is both faithful to historic evangelical convictions and in dialogue with contemporary intellectual contexts and concerns. In addition to original and creative essays on central Christi…
Integrity of Mission in Light of the Gospel in Africa
Tite Tiénou, born in Côte 'Ivoire, but currently an émigré presently living and teaching in the United States, examines the integrity of mission in light of the Gospel by exploring the church as African and the implication of this for mission, the meaning of mission in Africa, the place of Africa in the world, the opportunities for the integrity of mission in Africa and the requirement of integrity for the agents of mission. Tiénou believes that …
Introductory Essay
Introductory Essay
A multiperspectival critical analysis of Mekdes Haddis’s A Just Mission
This article presents a multiperspectival critical analysis of Mekdes Haddis’s A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality . It begins by providing background information on Haddis, outlining her personal journey and the motivations behind her book. The analysis proceeds with reviews from three senior scholars—Al Tizon, Tite Tiénou, and Xiaoli Yang—each of whom explores the book’s contributions and weaknesses, focusing particularly …
Christian Theology and Mission (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Articulation (sociology) (1 work)