Reuben Turbi Luka

Jesus Christ as Ancestor

A Theological Study of Major African Ancestor Christologies in Conversation with the Patristic Christologies of Tertullian and Athanasius

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this critical study, Dr Turbi Luka uses historical-theological methodology to engage in detail with Christologies of key African theologians and conventional theological sources for Christology, including the church fathers Tertullian and Athanasius as well as modern theologians. Turbi argues that existing African Christologies, specifically ancestor Christologies, are inadequate in expressing the person of Christ as Messiah and saviour, the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesies. Providing a new approach, Turbi proposes an African Linguistic Affinity Christology that explicitly portrays Jesus as Christ in a contextually relevant way for Africans in everyday life. This crucial study highlights the need for biblically rooted Christology and for sound theological understanding and naming of Jesus at every level. This book also warns the church in Africa, and elsewhere, to avoid repeating the dangerous christological heresies of the ancient church by remaining faithful to a biblical interpretation and orthodox theology of Christ.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Langham Academic
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9781783687169
• ISBN-10: 1783687169
• Artikelnr.: 57631350

Autorenporträt

REUBEN TURBI LUKA earned his PhD and MDiv from Jos ECWA Theological Seminary (JETS), Plateau State, Nigeria. He previously worked as an accountant with the Plateau State Health Services Management Board and Bingham University Teaching Hospital. He currently serves as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at JETS. He is married to Margaret and they are blessed with seven children and two grandchildren.