TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kombo,James Henry Owino
TI  - The doctrine of God in African Christian thought: the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture 
SN  - 9789004158047 (alk. paper)
AV  - BT109 .K65 2007
U1  - 231/.044096 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Trinity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - God
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Africa
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - African
KW  - Religion
N1  - 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
ER  -