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100 1 _aPöntinen, Mari-Anna.
245 1 0 _aAfrican theology as liberating wisdom :
_bcelebrating life and harmony in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana /
_cby Mari-Anna Pöntinen.
264 1 _aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 419 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aStudies in systematic theology ;
_vv. 12
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- African Theology and The Heritage of Wisdom -- Epistemological Principles of Theological Thinking in the ELCB -- Culture Philosophical Emphases of Theological Thinking in the ELCB -- Religious Implications and Theology of Spirituality in the ELCB -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Interviewees -- Bibliography -- Index.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aIn African Theology as Liberating Wisdom; Celebrating Life and Harmony in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana , Mari-Anna Pöntinen analyses contextual interpretations of the Christian faith in this particular church. These interpretations are based on the special wisdom tradition which embraces monistic ontology, communal ethics in botho , and the indigenous belief in God as the Source of Life, and the Root of everything that exists. The constructing theological principle in the ELCB is the downward-orientated and descending God in Christ which interprets the ‘Lutheran spirit’ in a liberating and empowering sense. It deals with the cultural mythos which brings Christ down into people’s existence, unlike Western connotations which are considered to hinder seeing Christ and to prevent existential self-awareness.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 2 0 _aEvangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana
_xDoctrines.
650 0 _aTheology
_zAfrica.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aPöntinen, Mari-Anna.
_tAfrican theology as liberating wisdom.
_dBoston : Brill, 2013
_z9789004245952
_w(DLC) 2012047529
_w(OCoLC)824608933
830 0 _aStudies in Systematic Theology
_v12.
830 0 _aReligious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248748.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004245976
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