Jesus Christ As Logos Incarnate And Resurrected Nana Ancestor

Author : Rudolf K. Gaisie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725252851

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Jesus Christ as Logos Incarnate and Resurrected Nana (Ancestor) by Rudolf K. Gaisie Pdf

This book seeks to demonstrate the significance of Ancestor Christology in African Christianity for christological developments in World Christianity. Ancestor Christology has developed in the process of an African conversion story of appropriating the mystery of Christ (Eph 3:4) in the category of ancestors. Logos Christology in early Christian history developed as an intricate byproduct in the conversion process of turning Hellenistic ideas towards the direction of Christ (A. F. Walls). Hellenistic Christian writers and modern African Christian writers thus share some things in common and when their efforts are examined within the conversion process framework there are discernible modes of engagement. The mode of Logos Christology that one finds in Origen, for example, is an innovative application of the understanding of Jesus Christ as Logos (incarnate); a new key but not discontinuous with the Johannine suggestive mode or the clarificatory mode of Justin Martyr. African Ancestor Christology is at the threshold of an innovative mode and the argument this book makes is that this strand of African Christology should be pursued in the indigenous languages aided by respective translated Bibles; a suggested way is a Logos-Ancestor (Nanasɛm) discourse in Akan Christianity.

Author : Reuben Turbi Luka
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783687176

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Jesus Christ as Ancestor by Reuben Turbi Luka Pdf

In this critical study, Dr Turbi Luka uses historical-theological methodology to engage in detail with Christologies of key African theologians and conventional theological sources for Christology, including the church fathers Tertullian and Athanasius as well as modern theologians. Turbi argues that existing African Christologies, specifically ancestor Christologies, are inadequate in expressing the person of Christ as Messiah and saviour, the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesies. Providing a new approach, Turbi proposes an African Linguistic Affinity Christology that explicitly portrays Jesus as Christ in a contextually relevant way for Africans in everyday life. This crucial study highlights the need for biblically rooted Christology and for sound theological understanding and naming of Jesus at every level. This book also warns the church in Africa, and elsewhere, to avoid repeating the dangerous christological heresies of the ancient church by remaining faithful to a biblical interpretation and orthodox theology of Christ.

Author : Rodney L. Reed,David K. Ngaruiya
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839739293

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Salvation in African Christianity by Rodney L. Reed,David K. Ngaruiya Pdf

“What must I do to be saved?” That question, raised in the book of Acts by the Philippian jailer, is a question for the ages. Yet what, even, does it mean to be saved? Is salvation for this life or the next? Is it purely spiritual or does it have physical and material implications? Can salvation be lost? Do we determine who will be saved or does God? What role does Christ play in salvation? Such are the seemingly unending questions soteriology strives to answer. In this eighth volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, African theologians articulate their understanding of salvation – and its widespread implications for life and practice – in conversation with Scripture and the rich diversity of an African cultural context. Salvation is examined from historical, philosophical, and theological lenses, and scholars address topics as wide-ranging as conversion, ethnicity, fertility, poverty, prosperity, the Trinity, exclusivism, African Pentecostalism, rural community, eschatology, wholeness, and atonement. It is a powerful exploration of the holistic nature of salvation as articulated in Scripture and understood by the African church.

Author : Marilyn Naidoo
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781991201461

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Making Connections by Marilyn Naidoo Pdf

Because of the disconnect within the curriculum and the lack of contextual relevance, African theological education is still searching for appropriate approaches to ministerial training. Integrative theological education refers to systematic attempts to connect major learning experiences appropriate to the education and formation of ministers. It is seen as a solution to connect and transform ministry training. The main premise of this book is that the key to enhancing theological education is the intentional integration of knowing with being and doing, of theory with practice, and of theology with life and ministry. In this way, all aspects of student learning are brought together holistically, highlighting an educational strategy that is concerned with connections in human experience, thereby supporting student learning. Making Connections offers the opportunity to consider integration as an appropriate pedagogical approach, to create the correct balance in making education more meaningful and fulfilling for the African, revealing humanising education grounded in African philosophy and worldview.

Author : Wanjiru M. Gitau,Mark A. Lamport
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666726602

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Globalizing Linkages by Wanjiru M. Gitau,Mark A. Lamport Pdf

One of the important contemporary but unexplored themes for Christianity in Africa today is its ongoing connections to a broader Christian and non-Christian world. This is quite apart from the idea of mission connections or reverse mission from Africa to elsewhere, or any mission-themed global connection. In much existing scholarship, Africa seems to only have recently been drawn into the orbit of global relations, but there is a long-standing relationship with the wider world, people linking from different regions at different times for varied reasons. This volume explores the theme of two thousand years of connections--and how the global sensibility has shaped Christianity on the continent for two thousand years.

Author : Paul D. Molnar
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802809988

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Incarnation and Resurrection by Paul D. Molnar Pdf

For too long contemporary theology has downplayed the importance of holding together the incarnation and the resurrection when thinking theologically. Paul Molnar here surveys the place of these key doctrines in the thought of several influential theologians: Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, Thomas F. Torrance, John Macquarrie, Gordon Kaufman, Sallie McFague, Roger Haight, John Hick, and Wolfhart Pannenberg. Molnar demonstrates that whenever the starting point for interpreting the resurrection is not Jesus himself, the incarnate Son of the Father, then Christology and Soteriology are undermined because they are not properly rooted in a plausible doctrine of the Trinity. Fair, comprehensive, and balanced, Molnar's analysis, following Torrance and Barth, highlights the details of contemporary theology of the resurrection linked to the incarnation and maintains the necessity of the incarnation in its intrinsic unity with the resurrection as the beginning, rather than the end, of Christology.

Author : Gilbert Childs
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1902636732

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Secrets of Esoteric Christianity by Gilbert Childs Pdf

For years, theologians have agonized over the contradictory accounts of Jesus' birth as written in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Can they be reconciled, given the fact that they contain completely different narratives? Demonstrating a remarkably erudite approach and authoritative knowledge of biblical sources and other primary texts, Dr. Childs sheds new light on arcane disputes by revealing secrets of esoteric Christianity--in particular the mystery of two mothers named Mary and the different families of Jesus. Such mysteries--including the meaning of the "virgin conception"--have remained hidden and protected in mystery centers by initiates throughdout the past two millennia. Today, however, these matters can be discussed openly. The book begins with a thorough examination of "Adoptionism" as a doctrine--the notion that Jesus was "adopted" as the Son of God after his birth. Did Christ incarnate in Jesus at the Jordan River Baptism, as many Biblical authorities assert? Gilbert Childs provides an overview of the Gospels and introduces the seminal research of Rudolf Steiner as a key to resolving some of their enigmas. The book also looks into the relevance of the ancient mystery centers in relation to Christianity and discusses how Christianity itself can be seen as a "mystery."

Author : Niels Henrik Gregersen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451465402

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Incarnation by Niels Henrik Gregersen Pdf

Deeply engaged with both the tradition and the contemporary world, the book leads readers to an understanding of deep incarnation, interpreting this central Christian idea to address the needs of the entire created order, and allows Christology to be relevant and meaningful when responding to the challenges of scientific cosmology and of global religious pluralism.

Author : Claire Heartsong,Claire Ann Clemett
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781781809532

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Anna, Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong,Claire Ann Clemett Pdf

The self-published spiritual word-of-mouth bestseller. Anna, Grandmother of Jesus became a publishing sensation when the self-published version sold 50,000 copies through word of mouth alone, amassing a worldwide following in the process. Anna is the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. Her teachings and service birthed a spiritual lineage that changed the world. In this book, you'll discover missing pieces of history concerning Anna, Mary and Jesus, as channelled by Claire Heartsong, who has been receiving telepathic messages from Anna for 30 years. Told through the gentle and heartwarming voice of Anna herself, this book offers insights into unknown places the holy family visited, people they knew and intimate details of their daily struggle to complete the Resurrection challenges. You will learn about the Essenes of Mount Carmel and their secret teachings and initiations, and gain a new understanding of Jesus's mission. Containing encoded activations to bring Anna's wisdom and energy into your own spiritual life, this book is an invitation to complete a journey of initiation begun long ago.

Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Paragon House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1557787239

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World Scripture by Andrew Wilson Pdf

Demonstrating the commonality of the world's religions and our common humanity, this rich and varied anthology of scripture offers a highly useful collection of religious quotations, passages, and excerpts from the holy texts, representing a new, holistic approach to the world's religions.

Author : Acharya S
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Buddha (The concept)
ISBN : 1931882312

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Suns of God by Acharya S Pdf

Unlike many modern historians, Perry was a diffusionist who believed that modern civilization began in Egypt and was spread via ships to Indonesia, the Pacific Islands, and even to North America. Perry traces the origin of megalithic culture starting in Egypt, and then across the Pacific. Searching for gold, obsidian, and pearls, they travelled across the Pacific to the American Southwest and Mexico.

Author : Marilyn Rouvelas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015077600792

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A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America by Marilyn Rouvelas Pdf

"A clear and comprehensive guide to the religious and secular life of the Greek-American community," including naming a baby, planning a baptism, observing name days, baking communion bread, buying popular Greek music, what to say (in Greek) on special occasions, and much more.

Author : Patricia Crone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139510769

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The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran by Patricia Crone Pdf

Patricia Crone's book is about the Iranian response to the Muslim penetration of the Iranian countryside, the revolts subsequently triggered there and the religious communities that these revolts revealed. The book also describes a complex of religious ideas that, however varied in space and unstable over time, has demonstrated a remarkable persistence in Iran across a period of two millennia. The central thesis is that this complex of ideas has been endemic to the mountain population of Iran and occasionally become epidemic with major consequences for the country, most strikingly in the revolts examined here and in the rise of the Safavids who imposed Shi'ism on Iran. This learned and engaging book by one of the most influential scholars of early Islamic history casts entirely new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran and on the persistence of Iranian religious beliefs both outside and inside Islam after the Arab conquest.

Author : Byang H. Kato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X000054610

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Theological Pitfalls in Africa by Byang H. Kato Pdf

Author : Daryl M. Balia,Kirsteen Kim
Publisher : OCMS
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Missions
ISBN : 1870345770

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Witnessing to Christ Today by Daryl M. Balia,Kirsteen Kim Pdf

The Centenary of the World Missionary Conference, held in Edinburgh in 1910, is a suggestive moment for many people seeking direction for Christian mission in the twenty-first century. Since 2005 an international group has worked collaboratively to develop an intercontinental and multidenominational project, now known as Edinburgh 2010, and based at New College, University of Edinburgh.