Kombo, James Henry Owino. <br/><br/>
The doctrine of God in African Christian thought :  the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / 
by James Henry Owino Kombo. 
 - Leiden  Boston :  Brill,  2007. 
 - xiii, 298 p ;  25 cm. 
 - Studies in Reformed theology,  v. 14  1571-4799 ; .
<br/><br/> Originally presented as the author's thesis (D. Th.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- pt. 1. The doctrine of the Trinity : the Bible and the Church Fathers. An analysis of the biblical roots of the doctrine of the Trinity -- The emergence of the doctrine of immanent Trinity -- pt. 2. Western theologies' responses to the doctrine of the Trinity. God as essence -- God as an absolute subject -- God as community in unity -- Issues in the Western reinterpretations -- pt. 3. The doctrine of God in African inculturation theology. The African conceptual framework -- The notion of God among the African peoples : the accounts of B. Idowu, J.S. Mbiti, and G.M. Setiloane -- Moving beyond the African notion of God: clearing ground for the doctrine of the Trinity -- pt. 4. From the African concepts of God to the doctrine of the Trinity. God as the 'Great Muntu' manifested by the Son and the Holy Spirit -- Fostering the view of God as the 'Great Muntu' manifested by the Son and the Holy Spirit. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004158047 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007296947 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity and other religions--African.<br/>God--History of doctrines.<br/>Theology, Doctrinal--Africa.<br/>Trinity--History of doctrines.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Religion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT109  / .K65 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>231/.044096