The Doctrine Of God In African Christian Thought

Author : James Henry Owino Kombo
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158049
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doctrine of God in African Christian Thought written by James Henry Owino Kombo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noting the relationship between philosophy and the doctrine of the Trinity, this book offers the African pre-Christian understanding of God and the "Ntu"-metaphysics as theoretical gateways for African reflections on the doctrine of the Trinity.

Author : David Tonghou Ngong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135106266
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New History of African Christian Thought written by David Tonghou Ngong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Tonghou Ngong offers a comprehensive view of African Christian thought that includes North Africa in antiquity as well as Sub-Saharan Africa from the period of colonial missionary activity to the present. Challenging conventional colonial divisions of Africa, A New History of African Christian Thought demonstrates that important continuities exist across the continent. Chapters written by specialists in African Christian thought reflect the issues—both ancient and modern—in which Christian Africa has impacted the shape of Christian belief from the beginning of the movement up to the present day.

Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610974409
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology and Identity written by Kwame Bediako and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kwame Bediako examines the question of Christian identity in the context of the Greco-Roman culture of the early Roman Empire. He then addresses the modern African predicament of quests for identity and integration. Theology and Identity was one of the finalists for the 1992 HarperCollins Religious Book Award.

Author : Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783631571668
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconciled to Reconcile written by Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the words of John Paul II, «A faith which does not become culture is a faith that has not been received, not thoroughly thought (through), nor fully lived out». It is for this reason that inculturation hermeneutics has become a useful reflective tool for many African students of Theology. In this work, the author argues that the concept of salvation in evangelical Christian thought as postulated in the works of the French Reformer John Calvin and that of African Traditional Religions do not connote the same idea nor lead to the same goals. In spite of the basic differences, he states that symbols, metaphors and some practices from the traditional religions of Africa can be employed as hermeneutical tools for the explanation of concepts of the Christian faith. The author therefore concludes that the Anlo-Ewe traditional religious practice of nugbidodo-ritual reconciliation best explains Christian salvation as man's reconciliation with God and constitutes a basis for the healing, deliverance, and a socio-economic advancement of the individual and the entire community.

Author : John Parratt
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802841139
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Christianity written by John Parratt and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follownig an introduction that charts the growth and development of African theology, Parratt examines the differing theological assumptions and methodologies throughout the continent. He also shows how Africans are rethinking the central dogmas of the Christian faith - Scripture, God, christology, the church, and eschatology - and evaluates Africa's political theologies, giving special attention to theological approaches to African socialism and to South African black theology.

Author : Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801027527
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doctrine of God written by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global survey of interpretations of God in Scripture, Christian history, and contemporary theology with a focus on key God-talk issues of the day.

Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : OCMS
ISBN 13 : 9781870345347
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus in Africa written by Kwame Bediako and published by OCMS. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1570755426
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus and the Gospel in Africa written by Kwame Bediako and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jesus and the Gospel in Africa collects writings by Kwame Bediako and is the best source for his insights into the Christ of present-day African history and the Jesus of African faith. Bediako shows how intimately bound together are such elements as the message of Jesus and the struggle to give birth to African democracy." --Book Jacket.

Author : Samuel Waje Kunhiyop
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783686944
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Christian Theology written by Samuel Waje Kunhiyop and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is eternal, but the questions we ask about him are always rooted in our own culture. Thus our understanding of theology is also rooted in our culture. Dr Samuel Kunhiyop is deeply aware of this, and so has produced African Christian Theology as a companion book to his African Christian Ethics. In this book, Dr Kunhiyop addresses many of the same issues mentioned in Western systematic theologies, but also addresses issues that are not mentioned in those books, including the spirit world, ancestors, and the power of blessings and curses. This book thus constitutes an excellent introduction to systematic theology in relation to the traditional African world view and to the Bible.

Author : Matthew Michael
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718841522
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Theology and African Traditions written by Matthew Michael and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling work the evangelical theologian Matthew Michael sets out to reveal the unique nature of African Christianity and understand Christian theology in the context of the African worldview and traditions which have given African Christianityits unique religious stamp. Michael addresses the crucial obligation of Christianity to engage with African culture as a prerequisite to transforming African theology. He points out that a major flaw of Western missionary Christianisation was its failureto engage with African traditions, as a meaningful and vigorous Christianity cannot flourish within the African context without serious engagement with these traditions. Michael re-interprets traditional Christian doctrine, with careful consideration of Scripture, to best engage modern African understanding. His exploration of African Christianity goes beyond the classical Western experience and interpretations of Christian dogmas found in the works of Augustine, Aquinas, and Western missionaries, and reclaims the rich and ancient heritage of Christianity in Africa, a heritage so venerable and pervasive that it is as much African as Western. This thought-provoking work reveals Michael's maturing theological reflections upon the crucial subject of Christian Systematic Theology in the African context, and will be of great interest to any individual interested in the dynamic field of African theology.