God's unique priest (Nyamesofopreko): christology in the Akan context

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dc.contributor.advisorConradie, Ernst M.
dc.contributor.authorAgyarko, Robert Owusu
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Religion and Theology
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T13:05:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-02T07:01:09Z
dc.date.available2011/02/24 13:32
dc.date.available2011/02/24
dc.date.available2014-01-23T13:05:58Z
dc.date.available2024-04-02T07:01:09Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study entails a constructive contribution towards a contemporary reinterpretation, within the Akan context, of the classic Christian notion of Christ's person and work as Mediator between God and humanity. Specifically, I endeavour to reinterpret aspects of the Christian confession of faith as formulated by the Council of Chalcedon (451) that, Jesus Christ is �truly God� (vere Deus) as well as �truly human�(vere homo). I build on the notion that the relationship between these two claims may also be understood in terms of the one "person" and the two "natures" of Jesus Christ. The work of Christ is reinterpreted from this perspective. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part, which covers the first four chapters, entail reviews of some of the dominant African Christologies - with particular reference to divine conqueror and ancestor Christologies. In these chapters, the adequacy of the mentioned Christologies is assessed with reference to the Nicene/Chalcedonian confessional definition concerning the person of Christ. The conclusion reached is that these Christologies do not adequately express the person of Christ as truly divine as well as truly human as defined by the first four ecumenical councils. As a result, these Christologies also express the work of Christ, particularly his atonement in a less adequate way.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/10153
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectAfomusuyide?en_US
dc.subjectAkanen_US
dc.subjectAncestorsen_US
dc.subjectAtonementen_US
dc.subjectChristologyen_US
dc.subjectDivinityen_US
dc.subjectHumanityen_US
dc.subjectMediatoren_US
dc.subjectNyamesofoprekoen_US
dc.subjectOkra (Nyamekrateasefo)en_US
dc.titleGod's unique priest (Nyamesofopreko): christology in the Akan contexten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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