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Gaisie, Rudolf K.,

Jesus Christ as Logos incarnate and resurrected nana (Ancestor) : an African perspective on conversion and Christology / Rudolf K. Gaisie ; foreword by Anthony Oswald Balcomb. - Eugene, Ore. : Pickwick Publications, 2020. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 233 pages) - African Christian Studies Series ; 19 . - African Christian studies series ; 19. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-221) and indexes.

1. Christology and the process of conversion -- 2. Jesus Christ as logos (incarnate) : a story of conversion in early Graeco-Roman Christianity -- 3. The African experience of Jesus -- 4. The idea of nana (ancestor) in Akan traditional life and thought -- 5. Ancestor christology and the process of conversion in African Christianity -- 6. The logos as nana (ancestor) : towards a logos-ancestor christology -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 1725252872 9781725252875 9781725252851 1725252856 9781725252868 1725252864

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Jésus-Christ--Personne et fonctions.
Jesus Christ

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Ancestor worship--Africa.
Akan (African people)
Religion and culture--Africa.
Christianisme--Afrique subsaharienne.
Morts--Culte--Afrique.
Akan (Peuple d'Afrique)
Religion et culture--Afrique.
Akan (African people)
Ancestor worship
Christianity
Christology
Religion
Religion and culture

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion.
Afrique subsaharienne--Religion.
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

LC Class. No.: BT304.912 / .G34 2020eb BT205 / .G35 2020eb

Dewey Class. No.: 232