Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Quotation

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Introduction

The Paradigm Shift

Christian Theology and the African Continent

The African Traditions

Conclusion

2. Kindergarten Issues

Introduction

The Problem of Theology

The Understanding of Christian Theology

The Limitations of Theology

Conclusion

3. General and Special Revelation

Introduction

The Nature of General and Special Revelation

The Limitations of General and Special Revelation

Divine Revelation and Human Religious Experience

The Consistency of the “Judeo-Christian God”in Revelation

Traditional African Religious Agents of “Revelation”

Divine Revelation and Eschatology

Conclusion

4. The Scriptures

Introduction

Africans and the Use of the Bible

The Nature of the Divine Word

The Canonicity of the Scriptures

The Characteristics of the Divine Word

Conclusion

5. The Existence of God

Introduction

Classical Discourse on the Existence of God

God in Intellectual and Popular Theological Discourse

Discourse on Divine Ontology

Divine Attributes and the African Context of Suffering

Conclusion

6. Angels, Spirits, and Demons

Introduction

Angels and Spirits in the African Worldview

Biblical Teachings on Angels and Demons

Conclusion

7. The Nature of the Human Person

Introduction

Western Autonomous Sense of Personhood

Personhood in Traditional Christian Systematic Texts

The African Understanding of Personhood

Biblical Teaching on the Human Personhood

Conclusion

8. The Person of Christ

Introduction

The Historical Jesus

African Christological Quest

Biblical Teaching on the Person of Christ

The Deity of Jesus Christ

Conclusion

9. Salvation

Introduction

The African Understanding of Salvation

The Biblical Understanding of Salvation

Important Aspects in Biblical Conception of Salvation

Conclusion

10. The Holy Spirit

Introduction

The ‘Benevolent’ Spirits in Traditional African society

The Holy Spirit in Biblical Revelation

The Spiritual Gifts

Conclusion

11. The Church

Introduction

Biblical Teachings on the Church

Conclusion

12. The Future Hope

Introduction

Traditional African Eschatologcal Expectations

The Second Coming

The Millennium Reign

The Resurrection

The Final Judgment

Conclusion

13. Conclusion

Bibliography

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