An African Response to Karl Barth's Notion of Evil as Nothingness

In African spiritual exercises, there is so much talk about the menace of demons or evil spirits. These spirits are conceived of as the antithesis of God or as the spiritual opposition to the benign activities of God. Modern African religion sees them as the causes of sicknesses and any form of cata...

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Main Author: Onyenali, Rowland (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2022
In: Transformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 150-162
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDD Protestant Church
NBH Angelology; demonology
Further subjects:B Nothingness
B karl
B ekwensu
B Demons
B Barth
B evil spirits
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