An edition of On communitarian divinity (1994)

On communitarian divinity

an African interpretation of the Trinity

1st pbk. ed.
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An edition of On communitarian divinity (1994)

On communitarian divinity

an African interpretation of the Trinity

1st pbk. ed.
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The Trinity has long been considered an enigma within Western Christendom because the worldviews from which it has been apprehended have not been compatible with the worldview of the persons who developed the doctrine. This book presents the case for looking at the concept of God - specifically, the doctrine of the Trinity - from an African perspective.

Ogbonnaya's provocative views will compel the reader to rethink what is meant by reference to the complex and loaded concepts "African," "Christian," and "Trinity.".

On Communitarian Divinity displaces traditionally authorized versions of the doctrine of Trinity rooted in the Graeco-Roman philosophical schools of Plato and Aristotle with a resolute and passionate African-centric gaze. This gaze traverses the continent of Africa from ancient Egypt in the northeast to the Igbo, Yoruba in West Africa.

Utilizing a cross-cultural African perspective enables Ogbonnaya to persuade and convince any reasonably open-minded reader that the Christian idea of a God who is One-and-Many, or Three-in-One, was organically related to the African community and family understanding of early church "Fathers" such as Tertullian living in North Africa. One is invited to embrace a provocatively "communitarian" concept of the Divine inner life and its social implications.

On Communitarian Divinity offers us a new pluriform way of becoming Christian in an increasingly conflictual pluralist world.

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Paragon House
Language
English
Pages
124

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On communitarian divinity: an African interpretation of the Trinity
1998, Paragon House
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1994, Paragon House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-104) and index.
Originally published: New York : Paragon House, 1994.

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St. Paul, Minn

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Dewey Decimal Class
231/.044
Library of Congress
BT111.2 .O4 1998

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Pagination
xx, 124 p. ;
Number of pages
124

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OL369530M
Internet Archive
oncommunitariand0000ogbo
ISBN 10
1557787700
LCCN
98030189
Library Thing
1003481
Goodreads
1966824

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