The doctrine of God in African Christian thought : the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / / by James Henry Owino Kombo.
The Christian faith knows and worships one God, who is revealed in the Son and in the Holy Spirit. This is the meaning of the doctrine of the Trinity in Christian thought. Although Christian orthodoxy defines the doctrine of the Trinity, the intellectual tools used to capture it significantly vary....
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| Superior document: | Studies in Reformed theology, v. 14 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Reformed theology ;
v. 14. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (D. Th.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.