Christology and evil in Ghana : : towards a Pentecostal public theology / / Joseph Quayesi-Amakye.
Pentecostalism has traditionally always been other-worldly in the sense that Pentecostals tend to believe that people’s lives are controlled by unseen powers that are responsible for both good and bad. This makes people look for a power that is stronger than those of evil and can ensure that believe...
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| Superior document: | Currents of encounter : studies on the contact between Christianity and other religions, beliefs and cultures ; v. 49 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Rodopi,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Currents of Encounter
49. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Why Study Christology and Evil in Ghanaian Pentecostalism?
- The Nature, Person, and Work of Jesus Christ
- The World as a Place of Evil and Suffering
- The Battles of Life: Implementing Christ’s Victory over Evil and Suffering
- The Good God and the Good Life
- Ghanaian Pentecostal Christology and Public Theology
- Summary and Conclusions
- Sources for the Empirical Data
- Bibliography
- Ghanaian Pentecostal Songs in Akan and English
- Appendices
- Index of Authors
- Index of Subjects.