The Doctrine of God in African Christian Thought ─ The Holy Trinity, Theological Hermeneutics and the African Intellectual Culture

Anglican priest Kombo (theological studies, Daystar U., Kenya) grapples with the problem of how to deliver the doctrine of the Trinity to the roots of the African cultural milieu using African intellectual tools or symbols. He begins by reviewing the doctrine as set forth by the Bible and the church fathers, and surveying the response of Western theologies to it. Then he explores the doctrine of God in African inculturation theology, and explains how to move from the African concepts of God to the doctrine of the Trinity. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

James H. O. Kombo, D.Th. (2000) in Systematic Theology, Stellenbosch University, is Senior Lecturer of Theological Studies at Daystar University, Kenya, and a Priest in the Anglican Church of Kenya. He has widely published on African Christianity, theology and philosophy, the African independent churches and the different nuances of African theology.