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Human Creation in the Image of God

The Asante Perspective

by Eric Antwi (Author)
©2018 Monographs X, 176 Pages
Series: Bible and Theology in Africa, Volume 25

Summary

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.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Structure of the Book
  • Family Relations
  • The General Description of the Asante Language Group
  • The Migration of Akan and Its Linguistic Impact
  • Chapter 1 The Asante Cosmology
  • Names and Attributes of God
  • Artistic Symbols
  • Prayer
  • Religions in Ghana
  • Chapter 2 The Asante Theory of the Composition of the Human Person
  • Chapter 3 The Asante Anthropology
  • Asante Terms
  • Summary of Asante Understanding of the Human Person
  • Chapter 4 Asante Philosophers and the Composition of the Human Person
  • Chapter 5 Biblical Foundation and Early Church Fathers on What It Means to Be Created in the Image of God
  • The Hebrew Bible Concerning “Created in the Image of God”
  • The Theological Significance of the Genesis Narratives of the Image of God
  • The New Testament Concerning “Created in the Image of God”
  • The Anthropology of Saint Paul
  • Origen (185/186–253/254 C.E.)
  • St. Aurelius Augustine of Hippo (354–430 C.E.) and the Human Person
  • Conclusion: Re-Thinking the Image of God in the Human Person
  • Chapter 6 The Holy Spirit and Human Identity
  • The Role of the Spirit in Hebrew Scripture and the New Testament
  • From Ancestral Christology of African Theologians to Christian Anthropology
  • Chapter 7 The African Initiated Churches as Illustration of Asante Clarification of Christian Anthropology
  • The AICs as a Theological Movement
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Highlight of the Results of the Discourse and Its Impact on This Book
  • Bibliography
  • Series index

Eric B. Antwi

Human Creation
in the Image
of God

The Asante Perspective

About the author

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.

About the book

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.

This eBook can be cited

This edition of the eBook can be cited. To enable this we have marked the start and end of a page. In cases where a word straddles a page break, the marker is placed inside the word at exactly the same position as in the physical book. This means that occasionally a word might be bifurcated by this marker.

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been successful without the prayers and support of family, friends and parishioners. I am especially indebted to Father William A. Anderson, D. Min., Ph.D., Sister Anne Francis Bartus, CSJ, D. Min., Rev. Dr. Eugene Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp., Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu (Bishop of Konongo-Mampong Catholic Diocese, Ghana) and Most Reverend Michael J. Bransfield (Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston Catholic Diocese, West Virginia, U.S.A.).←ix | x→ ←x | 1→

Details

Pages
X, 176
Year
2018
ISBN (PDF)
9781433151996
ISBN (ePUB)
9781433152009
ISBN (MOBI)
9781433152016
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433151989
DOI
10.3726/b13525
Language
English
Publication date
2018 (July)
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Vienna, Oxford, Wien, 2018. X, 176 pp., 3 tbl.

Biographical notes

Eric Antwi (Author)

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.

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