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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; Background to community and Trinity; Purpose, significance, and procedure adopted; Scope and limitation of the book; The African tradition of community: what is it?; Evolution of Nigeria as a nation-state; Bibliography; 2 Major African communal structural evils; Destructive patriarchal complex; The "Big Man" syndrome; Ethnic and religious nepotism; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; 3 The "amazing history" of the Trinity; Mainline Eastern Trinitarian thinkers; Mainline Western Trinitarian thinkers |
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Eclipse and renaissance of Trinitarian theology in the early modern periodContemporary African hermeneutics of the Trinity; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; 4 The new hermeneutics of the Trinity; Starting point of the new Trinitarian theology; Hermeneutics of Trinitarian mutual relations of the Triune God; Hermeneutics of the unity of the Triune God; The Trinitarian communion: a moral ideal; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; 5 An authentic African tradition of community; The Lord's supper and the perichoretic life of God; Dismantling the patriarchal complex |
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The true Big Man: newariga diksenThe gift of ethnic and religious diversity; Perichoretic theological education; Summary and conclusion; Suggestions for further research; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Community and Trinity in Africa recasts the African tradition of community from a theological perspective. Ibrahim S. Bitrus explains the new Trinitarian hermeneutics of God as the fundamental framework for constructing an authentic African tradition of community. The book explores the tripartite structural evils of the patriarchal tradition, the Big Man/Woman syndrome, and ethnic-religious nepotism, which distort the African tradition of community. It analyzes Trinitarian proposals that liberate the distorted African tradition of community and concludes that an authentic African tradition of community is one that embodies individuality without libertarian individualism, communality without patriarchy, and mutual multi-ethnic and religious relations without nepotism and domination. Arguing that the communion of the Triune God is not a moral ideal, but a gift for restructuring the church and society, this book is an essential read for scholars of African Christianity and Christian theology."--Provided by publisher |
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Trinity -- History of doctrines
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Communities -- Africa
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Communities -- Nigeria
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Communities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Equality -- Africa
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Patriarchy -- Africa
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Power (Social sciences) -- Africa
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Communities
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Communities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Equality
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Patriarchy
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Power (Social sciences)
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Trinity -- History of doctrines
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Africa
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Nigeria
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315283135 |
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1315283131 |
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