"Do This in Remembrance of Me:" Reading Luke 22:19-20 from an African Perspective
According to the synoptic gospels Jesus commanded his disciples to observe the Lord’s Supper to remember what he did for humankind by breaking his body and pouring his blood. The paper analyses the Lukan narrative (Luke 22:19-20) to explore the significance of the Lord’s Supper for contemporary Afri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Ghana journal of religion and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-103 |
| Further subjects: | B
African Christianity
B Passover B Lord’s Supper B Exegetical B Eucharistic Narrative |
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| Summary: | According to the synoptic gospels Jesus commanded his disciples to observe the Lord’s Supper to remember what he did for humankind by breaking his body and pouring his blood. The paper analyses the Lukan narrative (Luke 22:19-20) to explore the significance of the Lord’s Supper for contemporary African Christians. It contends that the Supper provokes a call to covenant relationship with Christ, invites believers to embrace Jesus’ act of service and become agents of God’s salvation. Furthermore, it explores the significance of meals in Africa. The paper concludes that unity, communalism, and sacrifice are features of a true eucharistic community. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ghana journal of religion and theology
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