Isaac Zokoué

Isaac Zokoué (September 17, 1944 — September 12, 2014) was a leading theologian in the Central African Republic. For 14 years was dean of the leading French-speaking evangelical seminary, Faculte de Theologie Evangelique de Bangui.^[1]

Zokoué wrote a number of books and articles about harmonizing Christian ideas to African cultures,^[2] including “Jésus-Christ sauveur : le mystère des deux natures: perspective africaine,”^[3] his doctorate thesis in theology at the University of Strasbourg.^[4]

Because of his prominence as a religious leader, he was asked to lead the Preliminary Committee for the National Debate in 2003, which was meant to find a way of ending the cycle of coups and civil war in the country.^[5]

References

1. Lamport, Mark A. (2018-06-01). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442271579.
2. Larsen, Timothy; Treier, Daniel J. (2007-04-12). The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139827508.
3. Zokoue, Isaac (2004). Jésus-Christ sauveur: le mystère des deux natures : perspective africaine (in French). Yaoundé: Editions CLE. ISBN 995609014X. OCLC 61724665.
4. "Index international des dissertations doctorales en théologie et en droit canonique présentées en 1995". Revue Théologique de Louvain (in French). 27 (4). 1996.
5. Kalck, Pierre (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849136.