Christology and Evil in Ghana: Towards a Pentecostal Public Theology
In: Currents of Encounter Ser v.49
Intro -- Christology and Evil in Ghana: Towards a Pentecostal Public Theology -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER I WHY STUDY CHRISTOLOGY AND EVIL IN GHANAIAN PENTECOSTALISM? -- Motivation and Objective -- Description and Complexities of the Journey -- Why the Church of Pentecost? -- Songs -- Sermons -- Complexities -- The Contextualisation of Evil and Suffering -- Method -- The Analysis, Systematisation, and Formulation Process -- Role of the Researcher -- Problems/Limitations of this Study -- Content of the Chapters -- CHAPTER II THE NATURE, PERSON, AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST -- Introduction -- Christ, Evil, and Suffering in the Ghanaian Pentecostal Liturgy -- Jesus, the Believer's Victory over Evil and Suffering -- Jesus, the Transformer of Identity -- Akan Traditional Religion and Culture and the Jesus Story -- Christ, Evil and Suffering in the New Testament -- Christological Subversions -- Contextual Issues -- Believers are Victorious in Christ -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER III THE WORLD AS A PLACE OF EVIL AND SUFFERING -- Introduction -- The Nature and Phenomena of Evil and Suffering -- Naming Evil -- Sources of Evil and Suffering -- Causes of Evil and Suffering: Ghanaian Pentecostalism vis-à-vis Akan Traditional Religion -- Evil and Suffering in the Bible -- A Holistic Contextual Approach? -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER IV THE BATTLES OF LIFE: IMPLEMENTING CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER EVIL AND SUFFERING -- Introduction -- Victory over Life's Battles -- Evil and Suffering as Cosmic Battles -- Sources of Victory and Freedom in Christ -- Prophetic Rituals/Practices -- The Blood Metaphor as Transformer of Destiny -- Sources of Victory and Freedom in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and Akan Traditional Religion -- Overcoming the Battles of Life in the Bible -- Inadequate Contextualisation in "Witchdemonology"?