Human Creation in the Image of God - The Asante Perspective

Drawing on Asante anthropology, Human Creation in the Image of God: The Asante Perspective examines the Christian understanding of imago dei. The book argues that human beings are the same and yet unique from God, reflecting the Trinitarian nature of Him. Human Creation in the Image of God will appeal to students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the meaning of creation imago dei.

Sommario

Acknowledgments - Introduction -The Asante Cosmology -The Asante Theory of the Composition of the Human Person -The Asante Anthropology - Asante Philosophers and the Composition of the Human Person - Biblical Foundation and Early Church Fathers on What It Means to Be Created in the Image of God - The Holy Spirit and Human Identity - The African Initiated Churches as Illustration of Asante Clarification of Christian Anthropology - Conclusion - Bibliography.

Info autore

Rev. Fr. Eric B. Antwi, Ph.D., is a systematic theologian who is a lecturer and formator at St. Gregory the Great Provincial Major Seminary in Kumasi, Ghana. He is a resident lecturer for the Duquesne University Study Abroad Program in Ghana. Father Antwi obtained his Ph.D. in systematic theology at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eric Antwi
• Con la collaborazione di: Knut Holter (Editore), Holter Knut (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781433151989
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-5198-9
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 15 mm x 225 mm
• Peso: 343 g
• Illustrazioni: 3 Abb.
• Serie: Bible and Theology in Africa; Bible and Theology in Africa
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro; Image, RELIGION / General, Human, perspective, Simpson, Africa, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Eric, Knut, Nature & existence of God, Social and cultural anthropology, Creation, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Asante, Meagan, Holter, Antwi