«Pauline» Spirit World in Eph 3:10 in the Context of Igbo World View
A Psychological-Hermeneutical Appraisal
«Pauline» Spirit World in Eph 3:10 in the Context of Igbo World View
A Psychological-Hermeneutical Appraisal
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Publisher: Peter Lang AG
ISBN: 9783631657775
Number of Pages: 505
Published: 09/01/2015
Width: 14.8 cm
Height: 21 cm
Eph 3:10 (Principalities and Authorities in the Heavenly Places) articulates the related cluster of terms that express the «Pauline» spirit world in Ephesians’. Through a psychological-hermeneutical study, this book contributes to provide a theologically-founded response to the immense challenges the spirit world apprehensions among the Igbo (Africans), pose to true discipleship in these settings. Identifying the strongly influential role played here by the Igbo traditional religion/world view(s) and the foundation of these biblical terms in the attempts at Weltbewältigung, the book highlights how proper appreciation of the Christological paraenetics of Eph enhances critical consciousness and cognitive reconstruction towards mature faith and societal betterment.
Contents: «Pauline» spirit world in historical and theological perspectives – Analysis of Eph, its cosmological backgrounds and Igbo cosmology and world view – Textual and exegetical appraisals – Psychological hermeneutics - towards applications: Christology as psychological factor – Reading Eph 3:10 in Igbo context: contestations and proposals.