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Theology and identity : the impact of culture upon Christian thought in the second century and in modern Africa. /
Kwame Bediako examines the question of Christian identity in the context of the Greco-Roman culture of the early Roman Empire. He then addresses the modern African predicament of quests for identity and integration.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Regnum Books,
1999.
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| Colección: | Regnum studies in mission.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The question of identity as a key to understanding the concerns of Christian theology in modern Africa and in the second century AD
- The Christian gospel amid Graeco-Roman culture: Barbarism, Hellenism and Christian identity: The problem of Christian identity in the context of Graeco-Roman culture of the early Roman Empire
- The gospel as the triumph of barbarism?: Tatian, or, the vindication of the barbarians against the Greeks
- The gospel as the triumph of barbarism?: Tertullian, or, the vindication of a new identity within Graeco-Roman culture
- Christ and the Hellenistic heritage: Justin, or, Christ as "the expectation of the nations"
- Christ and the Hellenistic heritage: Clement of Alexandria, or, Christ as the unifying principle of all knowledge
- The modern African predicament: Identity and quests for integration: Christianity as "civilisation": The legacy of "the third opportunity" and the making of a modern identity problem
- A variety of African responses: Bolajo Idowu, or, the continuity of God in African experience
- A variety of African responses: John Mbiti, or, Christ as the redeemer of the African heritage
- A variety of African responses: Mulago gwa Cikala Musharhamina, or, the entry of Africa into the "Catholica"
- A variety of African responses: Byang Kato, or, theology as bibliology
- Conclusion: Africa and the Fathers: The relevance of the achievement of early Hellenistic Christian theology for the theological enterprise in modern Africa.