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Autore |
Carter Jason A. |
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Titolo |
Inside the whirlwind : the book of Job through African eyes / / Jason A. Carter ; foreword by Andrew F. Walls |
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Eugene, Oregon : , : Pickwick Publications, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables |
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Collana |
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African Christian Studies Series |
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Disciplina |
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Christianity - Africa |
Christianity - Equatorial Guinea |
Africa |
Equatorial Guinea |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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