عنوان

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

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

Leiden ; Boston

Brill

Studies in Reformed theology,1751-9974

v. 14

Originally presented as the author's thesis )D. Th.(--University of Stellenbosch, 2000

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]279[-292( and indexes

by James Henry Owino Kombo

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

History of doctrines ، Trinity

History of doctrines ، God

، Theology, Doctrinal - Africa

African ، Christianity and other religions

Religion ، Africa

Kombo, James Henry Owino.

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