The African Family: A Comparative Approach To The Trinity

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dc.contributor.authorAwity Sheith Oluoch, Maurice
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T07:39:01Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T07:39:01Z
dc.date.issued2001-02
dc.description.abstractThe doctrine of the Trinity is central to the Christian revelation. In fact the confession of one God in three persons is rightly regarded as proper and specific to Christian faith and revelation. This Trinitarian confession is and will always remain a mystery, a problem that believers have to contend with. Through the ages, theologians of various cultural milieus have given different interpretations to the Trinity. These theologians have used analogies and theoretical categories that helped their contemporaries to understand and appreciate the mystery of the Trinity. It is the contention of this essay that an African understanding of the mystery of the Trinity cannot rely on categories and models that are not close to their own reality. The study like the one we are taking is focused on using a category and model close to the African cultures. There are several images used to depict the Trinity. In this work we have taken the family as an appropriate image. The approach is in line with the AMECEA Bishops and the Synod of 1995 proposal; the 'Church as Family of God'. This theological 'discovery' was provoked by the need for a better and integral understanding of the Church and the Christian faith in general. In this paper the focus is to show how the African model of the Family helps in understanding the Trinity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/696
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Familyen_US
dc.subjectTrinityen_US
dc.subjectGoden_US
dc.subjectJesusen_US
dc.subjectHoly Spiriten_US
dc.titleThe African Family: A Comparative Approach To The Trinityen_US
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