The doctrine of God in African Christian thought the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture /

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Autore principale: Kombo, James Henry Owino
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Serie:Studies in Reformed theology ; v. 14.
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Sommario:
  • Prologue
  • pt. 1. The doctrine of the Trinity : the Bible and the Church Fathers. An analysis of the biblical roots of the doctrine of the Trinity
  • The emergence of the doctrine of immanent Trinity
  • pt. 2. Western theologies' responses to the doctrine of the Trinity. God as essence
  • God as an absolute subject
  • God as community in unity
  • Issues in the Western reinterpretations
  • pt. 3. The doctrine of God in African inculturation theology. The African conceptual framework
  • The notion of God among the African peoples : the accounts of B. Idowu, J.S. Mbiti, and G.M. Setiloane
  • Moving beyond the African notion of God: clearing ground for the doctrine of the Trinity
  • pt. 4. From the African concepts of God to the doctrine of the Trinity. God as the 'Great Muntu' manifested by the Son and the Holy Spirit
  • Fostering the view of God as the 'Great Muntu' manifested by the Son and the Holy Spirit.