the Trinity, diversity and theological hermeneutics Kombo, James Henry Owino. creator text Carliscle, Cumbria, UK Langham Global Library c2016 monographic eng

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ix, 135 p.; Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Beginning Point; Evangelical Formularies: The Problem of Language, New Developments, Faith Commitment and Secondary Theology; The Point of Departure; "Spoiling the Egyptians"; Flow of the Book and Summary of Chapters; Conclusion; Chapter 1 -- Canons, Texts and Interpretations: Ideas of God among the Jews of Jesus' Day; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Māšîah as an Interiorization of the God Relationship; 1.3 Individuation of Wisdom; 1.4 The Preexistent Logos; 1.5 The Spirit of God; 1.6 Conclusion Chapter 2 -- Testimonies of the Early Church: Christian Identity, Theological Language and the Creeds2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Christian Identity: The Third Race Question; 2.3 Theological Language: Ousia, Hypostasis, Persona, Prosopon; 2.4 The Creeds; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter 3 -- God as Essence; 3.1 Platonism, Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism and Theology; 3.2 St Augustine: God as the Godhead; 3.3 Boethius: God as the Divine Substance; 3.4 The Influence of Islam and Judaism: God as His Non-Divisible Essence; 3.5 Thomas Aquinas: God as His Essence; 3.6 Conclusion; Chapter 4 -- God as Absolute Subject 4.1 Beginnings of Self-Consciousness4.2 Karl Barth; Self-Revelation; God as the Father; The Son; The Holy Spirit; Perichoresis; 4.3 Karl Rahner; Self-Communication; God as the Father; The Son; The Holy Spirit; Ordering the Modes; 4.4 Renown Theologians in the Model; 4.5 Conclusion; Chapter 5 -- God as Community in Unity; 5.1 Apophaticism; 5.2 The Divine Energies; 5.3 God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; 5.4 Hypostases Exist in "Perichoresis"; 5.5 The Filioquism versus Monopatrism; 5.6 The Father as "Monarkhia"; 5.7 Renown Theologians in the Model; 5.8 Conclusion; Chapter 6 -- God as Nyasaye 6.1 The Great Distractions: Tylor's Animism and Missionary Theologizing6.2 The Access: Ubuntu Philosophy; 6.3 The Trinitarian Moment; 6.4 The Father: The Divine "Monarchia"; 6.5 The Holy Spirit; 6.6 The Son; Solution to Transcendence-Immanence Question; Relationship with the Son as a Matter of Life and Death; 6.7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index James Henry Owino Kombo. [Africana] Includes bibliography and index. Trinity BT 111.3 .K66 2016 9781839731327 DLC 240115 20240115161612.0