Christology and evil in Ghana : towards a Pentecostal public theology /

Christology and evil in Ghana : towards a Pentecostal public theology /

Pentecostalism has traditionally always been other-worldly in the sense that Pentecostals tend to believe that people's lives are controlled by unseen powers that are responsible for both good and bad. This makes people look for a power that is stronger than those of evil and can ensure that be...

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Main Author: Quayesi-Amakye, Joseph.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.

Series: Currents of Encounter 49.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Jesus Christ > Person and offices.
Theology > Ghana.
Pentecostalism > Ghana.
Good and evil.

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Call Number: BT30.G4 Q39 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Why Study Christology and Evil in Ghanaian Pentecostalism?
  • The Nature, Person, and Work of Jesus Christ
  • The World as a Place of Evil and Suffering
  • The Battles of Life: Implementing Christ's Victory over Evil and Suffering
  • The Good God and the Good Life
  • Ghanaian Pentecostal Christology and Public Theology
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Sources for the Empirical Data
  • Bibliography
  • Ghanaian Pentecostal Songs in Akan and English
  • Appendices
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects.