Christ, the African King: New Testament Christology

ISBN-13: 9783631452110 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 280 str.

Ukachukwu Chris Manus

Opis

Studies on Christology in contemporary Africa have been so far centred around the titles Liberator, Healer, Ancestor, Immanuel, "Nganga" and so on. Cast in such local categories, Christ is presented as fulfilling all cultures. "Christ, the African King, " one such effort, presents a fascinating ethnographical description of four African most celebrated traditional kingships. Ethno-historical data for biblical studies are uncovered. With the multi-disciplinary approach, the sketched African background furnishes the "raw material" for the elaboration of "King Christology" which has serious implications on liturgy, the ecclesial community and the African socio-political arena. The work is thus a cross-cultural presentation of NT theology in harmony with Africa's royal heritage. It points up, "inter alia," rich ideas for contextualization and inculturation of Christianity in Africa.

Spis treści

Contents: Methodological Questions - African Worldview - Images of Jesus in Africa - Yoruba-Ganda Kingdoms - Shilluk-Zulu Kingdoms - Jesus of Nazareth - Kingdom of God - Kingship of Jesus - African And New Testament Ideas - King-Christology - Contextual Implications.

O autorze

The Author: Ukachukwu Chris Manus, born in 1950 at Uzoagba, Nigeria, is a lay theologian. He received his S.T.B., M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from the Catholic University of Louvain (KUL), Belgium (1974-1982). Currently a Senior Lecturer in New Testament studies and African Christian Theology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Dr. Manus wrote his Christ, the African King as a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, at the Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt/M. (1990-1992). Dr. Manus is a regular contributor to many learned Journals in his field in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.