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Faith and Culture : Reconciling the Christian Belief with Igbo Faith Experience Today / Jude Ezimakor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ezimakor, Jude.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and culture--Nigeria.
- Christianity and culture.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 pages)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baden-Baden : Tectum Verlag, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preamble
- Jesus Christ at the Core of Christian Message and Witnessing
- First Part: Jesus Christ and His Encounter with Human Cultures
- Chapter 1: Jesus Christ in the Old Testament
- Chapter 2: Jesus Christ in the New Testament
- Chapter 3: Jesus Christ and His Message in the Context of Human Culture
- 3.1 Theology of Incarnation as a Paradigm towards Contextualizing Jesus Christ in Human Experience
- 3.2 Inculturation as an Interpretation of the Incarnation in Concrete Human Condition and Culture
- 3.2.1 Criteria that promote the Inculturation Exercise
- 3.2.1.1 Drawing a Distinction between the Gospel Message and the Culture
- 3.2.1.2 Preservation of the Church's Identity
- 3.2.1.3 Unity and Pluralism
- 3.2.1.4 Discernment and Investigation
- 3.3 Applying Inculturation in Human Experience and Culture
- Chapter 4: Contextual Christology through the Symbiosis of Christian Faith and Culture
- 4.1 Explaining the term 'Contextual Theology'
- 4.1.1 What are these External Factors?
- 4.1.2 What can be understood as Internal Factors?
- 4.2 Contextual Christology as the Bedrock of Authentic Christian Witnessing
- Second Part: Reconciling the Christian Faith with Igbo Cultural Experience Today
- Chapter 5: Can there be a Christology within the Igbo Context and Experience?
- 5.1 A Brief Historical Background of Igbo Traditional Society
- 5.2 The Igbo and the Image of the Igbo Traditional Religion
- Chapter 6: Reconciling Igbo Traditional Religion with the Christian Faith
- Chapter 7: What can be understood as Igbo Christology?
- 7.1 Sources of Igbo Christology
- 7.1.1 Igbo Traditional Religion
- 7.1.2 Igbo Myths, Proverbs and Parables
- 7.1.3 The Historical Experience of the Igbo as a Group
- Chapter 8: Models of Igbo Christology
- 8.1. Jesus as Healer
- 8.2 Jesus as King
- 8.3 Christ as Victor
- 8.4 Christ as the Giver of Life
- 8.5 Christ as Chi
- 8.6 Assessing Igbo Contextual Christology in the Light of the Models
- Evaluation and Conclusion
- Final Remarks
- Recommendations
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Abstract
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ezimakor, Jude Faith and Culture
- ISBN:
- 9783828877702
- 3828877702
- Publisher Number:
- 99988765460
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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