Freed by God but imprisoned by culture

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Book
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Publication Year
2015 
Publisher
Step Up Foundation, South Africa 
Subject
Culture 
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Everything in our lives is affected by culture and this is why a book like this is necessary in understanding and dissecting this important subject. In this book Afrika Mhlophe evaluates the many claims and beliefs that are associated with culture and also looks at how culture interfaces with the Christian faith.

The author offers tools on how Bible-believing Christians can navigate the conflict between their faith and their ethnic-based cultures.

Mhlophe also shows that culture, as a social constract, is influenced by the condition of the people who form it and those who follow it. This book helps readers see that culture is not a sacred system but rather a set of values established to maintain social cohesion. The author therefore shows that culture-based values cannot be superior to those that are based on the Bible. This book is divided into seven sections, which are:

Understanding where we come from
Understanding Culture
Understanding issues of identity
Understanding the power of influence
Understanding the power of Culture
Understanding African cultural practices
Understanding cultural fascism

This is a book of freedom. It is a gift to those who are imprisoned by culture and also to those who desire to be equipped in how to guard their freedom from the control of man-made culture.
 
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