The doctrine of God in African Christian thought [electronic resource] : the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / by James Henry Owino Kombo.
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TextSeries: Studies in Reformed theology ; v. 14.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: xiii, 298 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 231/.044096 22
- BT109 .K65 2007eb
Originally presented as the author's thesis (D. Th.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and indexes.
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.
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