African Christian theology / Samuel Waje Kunhiyop. [print]

By:

Kunhiyop, Samuel Waje [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789966003164
9966003169
9780310107118

Subject(s):

Theology, Doctrinal -- Africa

LOC classification:

BT30.K96.A375 2012
BT30

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Contents:

Revelation -- God and spirits -- Creation and fall -- Christ and salvation -- The Holy Spirit and salvation -- Salvation and the Christian life -- The community of God -- Beliefs and practices in the community of God -- Death, judgment, and eternity.

Subject: Christian theology evolves out of questions that are asked in a particular situation about how the Bible speaks to that situation. This book, African Christian Theology, is written to address questions that arise from the African context. It is intended to help students and others discover how theology affects our minds, our hearts, and our lives. As such, it speaks not only to Africans but to all who seek to understand and live out their faith in their own societies. Samuel Kunyihop understands both biblical theology and the African worldview and throws light on areas where they overlap, where they diverge, and why this matters. He explores traditional African understandings of God and how he reveals himself, the African understanding of sin and way the Bible sees sin, and how the work of Christ can be understood in African terms. The treatment of Christian living focuses on matters that are relevant to Christians in Africa and elsewhere, dealing with topics such as blessings and curses and the role of the church as a Christian community. The book concludes with a discussion of biblical thinking on death and the afterlife in which it also addresses the role traditionally ascribed to African ancestors.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BT30.K864.A375 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002063705

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Theology -- Revelation -- God and spirits -- Creation and fall -- Christ and salvation -- The Holy Spirit and salvation -- Salvation and the Christian life -- The community of God -- Beliefs and practices in the community of God -- Death, judgment, and eternity.

Christian theology evolves out of questions that are asked in a particular situation about how the Bible speaks to that situation. This book, African Christian Theology, is written to address questions that arise from the African context. It is intended to help students and others discover how theology affects our minds, our hearts, and our lives. As such, it speaks not only to Africans but to all who seek to understand and live out their faith in their own societies. Samuel Kunyihop understands both biblical theology and the African worldview and throws light on areas where they overlap, where they diverge, and why this matters. He explores traditional African understandings of God and how he reveals himself, the African understanding of sin and way the Bible sees sin, and how the work of Christ can be understood in African terms. The treatment of Christian living focuses on matters that are relevant to Christians in Africa and elsewhere, dealing with topics such as blessings and curses and the role of the church as a Christian community. The book concludes with a discussion of biblical thinking on death and the afterlife in which it also addresses the role traditionally ascribed to African ancestors.

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