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African theology as liberating wisdom : celebrating life and harmony in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana /
In African Theology as Liberating Wisdom; Celebrating Life and Harmony in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana, Mari-Anna Pöntinen analyses contextual interpretations of the Christian faith in this church. These interpretations draw from the Tswana tradition and liberation in Christ.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ;
v. 12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- African Theology as Liberating Wisdom; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Challenges of African Theology and the Context of the ELCB; 1.2. Aim of the Study, its Methods and Previous Research; 1.3. Sources and Structure of the Study; 2. African Theology and The Heritage of Wisdom; 2.1. African Theology; 2.1.1. Characterising 'African' Theology; 2.1.2. From Africanising Theology into African Theology; 2.2. African Oral Wisdom as Philosophical and Religious Inquiry; 3. Epistemological Principles of Theological Thinking in the ELCB.
- 3.1. Theology as Liberating Wisdom3.1.1. Interplay of Faith and Understanding; 3.1.2. Relationship to Contextual Theories; 3.2. Principle of Contextual Theology and the Lutheran Spirit; 4. Culture Philosophical Emphases of Theological Thinking in the ELCB; 4.1. Holistic Perception of Life and the Ontology of Spiritual Monism; 4.2. The Tswana Humanity Principle; 4.2.1. Communal Human Existence; 4.2.2. Botho as an Ethical Principle; 5. Religious Implications and Theology of Spirituality in the ELCB; 5.1. Theology of Relationship and African Spirituality.
- 5.2. Modimo, the Source of Life and the Father and Mother of the Universe5.3. The Life Principle and the Tswana Religious Thought; 5.3.1. Celebration of Life; 5.3.2. Harmony as a State of Mind and Being; 5.4. Participation in Life Through Christ; 5.4.1. Christ, the Saviour, the Liberator and the Great Ngaka of the Sinners; 5.4.2. Possessed by Christ; 5.4.3. Christ as the Mediator and the Role of Badimo as Saints; 5.5. Separation from the Traditional Explanatory Theory; 5.6. Community of God and the Prophetic Mission of the Church; 6. Conclusions; Appendix: Interviewees; Bibliography; Sources.
- Unpublished SourcesPublished Sources; Interviews; Literature; Index.