Between the Christ of Deep Incarnation and The African Jesus of Tinyiko Maluleke: An Improvised Dialogue
All differences considered, the Christ of deep incarnation and the African Jesus of Tinyiko Maluleke share at least one fundamental dimension: they both stand out as signs of God's radical embodiment in the world of creation/of African culture(s). Put crudely, while the deep incarnation theolog...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Modern theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-205 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
African Theology
/ Christology
/ Incarnation of Jesus Christ
/ God
/ Bodiliness
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christology
B African Christianity B Elizabeth Johnson B Tinyiko Maluleke B radical embodiment B African Jesus B Deep Incarnation B Niels Gregersen |
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| Summary: | All differences considered, the Christ of deep incarnation and the African Jesus of Tinyiko Maluleke share at least one fundamental dimension: they both stand out as signs of God's radical embodiment in the world of creation/of African culture(s). Put crudely, while the deep incarnation theologians extend Jesus' body into social and cosmic bodies, Maluleke locates Jesus' body in the bodies of his fellow Africans. This study first identifies major convergences and tensions between these two christological perspectives and, second, posits that the scandal of reciprocity, seen as a characteristic feature of African christologies, can be translated into a twofold guiding principle for approaching and assessing African Christianity theologically. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12408 |