God, spirit, and human wholeness :
Uzukwu, E. Elochukwu.
God, spirit, and human wholeness : appropriating faith and culture in West African style / Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu. - Eugene, OR : Pickwick Publications, c2012. - xiii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.
Pt. 1. General considerations -- Preliminary considerations: history,culture, context, and new methodology for interpreting Christianity in West Africa -- Impact of openness to duality or plurality on the African theology debate -- pt. 2. God-Spirit in West Africa and the God of Jesus Christ -- African traditional religion rediscovered: reasserting the value of African religions -- Rediscovering the depth of God in the Old Testament through interaction with dynamic West African categories -- The economy of spirit in the dynamic access to the Trinitarian God: aspects of the theology of Origen of Alexandria -- The primacy of Spirit in the West African access to the God of Jesus Christ: a conversation with Origen of Alexandria -- God's power manifest in the Holy Spirit for human wholeness -- Conclusion: re-appropriating the God of wholeness in the Spirit: contribution to world theology.
9781610971904 1610971906
2011279324
Christianity--Africa, West.
Theology, Doctrinal--Africa, West.
BR1430 / .U98 2012
230.0966
God, spirit, and human wholeness : appropriating faith and culture in West African style / Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu. - Eugene, OR : Pickwick Publications, c2012. - xiii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.
Pt. 1. General considerations -- Preliminary considerations: history,culture, context, and new methodology for interpreting Christianity in West Africa -- Impact of openness to duality or plurality on the African theology debate -- pt. 2. God-Spirit in West Africa and the God of Jesus Christ -- African traditional religion rediscovered: reasserting the value of African religions -- Rediscovering the depth of God in the Old Testament through interaction with dynamic West African categories -- The economy of spirit in the dynamic access to the Trinitarian God: aspects of the theology of Origen of Alexandria -- The primacy of Spirit in the West African access to the God of Jesus Christ: a conversation with Origen of Alexandria -- God's power manifest in the Holy Spirit for human wholeness -- Conclusion: re-appropriating the God of wholeness in the Spirit: contribution to world theology.
9781610971904 1610971906
2011279324
Christianity--Africa, West.
Theology, Doctrinal--Africa, West.
BR1430 / .U98 2012
230.0966