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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158578003321

Autore

Carter Jason A.

Titolo

Inside the whirlwind : the book of Job through African eyes / / Jason A. Carter ; foreword by Andrew F. Walls

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Pickwick Publications, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4982-3070-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Collana

African Christian Studies Series

Disciplina

223.106

Soggetti

Christianity - Africa

Christianity - Equatorial Guinea

Africa

Equatorial Guinea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. The hermeneutics-culture-praxis triad. Readings of the book of Job as a window on African Christianity -- The fang of Equatorial Guinea: their history, beliefs, and practices -- An untold story of African Christianity: Presbyterian and Pentecostal expressions of the Christian faith in Equatorial Guinea -- Part 2. Contextual readings of the book of Job: themes, theologies, and trajectories. Theodicy and the nature of evil: Job between God and the devil -- The sting of retribution and the promise of lament: reading the book of Job from the experience of leprosy and HIV/AIDS -- Hope in suffering: prayer, eschatology, and Job's final liberation -- Conclusion: African Christianity between indigenization and diabolization -- Appendix 1: The "pentecostal deliverance liturgy" of Apostle Agustín Edu Esono: "power against incurable sicknesses" -- Appendix 2: Reading the book of Job at six distinct locations in Equatorial Guinea.