The doctrine of God in African Christian thought : the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / by James Henry Owino Kombo.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in Reformed theology ; v. 14Publication details: Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: xiii, 298 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9789004158047 (alk. paper)
- 9004158049 (alk. paper)
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- BT109 .K65 2007
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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.