Human Creation in the Image of God
The Asante Perspective
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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
PETER LANG
New York • Bern • Berlin
Brussels • Vienna • Oxford • Warsaw
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Antwi, Eric, author.
Title: Human creation in the image of God: the Asante perspective / Eric B. Antwi.
Description: New York: Peter Lang, 2018.
Series: Bible and theology in Africa; v. 25 | ISSN 1525-9846
Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018009918 | ISBN 978-1-4331-5198-9 (hardback: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4331-5199-6 (ebook pdf) | ISBN 978-1-4331-5200-9 (epub)
ISBN 978-1-4331-5201-6 (mobi)
Subjects: LCSH: Theological anthropology—Christianity. | Image of God.
Ashanti (African people)—Religion. | Theology, Doctrinal—Ghana.
Classification: LCC BT701.3 .A58 2018 | DDC 233/.5—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018009918
DOI 10.3726/b13525
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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
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Contents
The General Description of the Asante Language Group
The Migration of Akan and Its Linguistic Impact
Chapter 1 The Asante Cosmology
Chapter 2 The Asante Theory of the Composition of the Human Person
Chapter 3 The Asante Anthropology
Summary of Asante Understanding of the Human Person ←vii | viii→
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
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
Highlight of the Results of the Discourse and Its Impact on This Book
Bibliography ←viii | ix→
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
- Publication Year
- 2018
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781433151996
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781433152009
- ISBN (MOBI)
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- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433151989
- DOI
- 10.3726/b13525
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2018 (July)
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- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Vienna, Oxford, Wien, 2018. X, 176 pp., 3 tbl.
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