The doctrine of God in African Christian thought : the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture /
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| Formaat: | Boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Leiden Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Reeks: | Studies in Reformed theology,
v. 14 |
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Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.