Inside the whirlwind the book of Job through African eyes / Jason A. Carter ; foreword by Andrew F. Walls.
| Author/creator | Carter, Jason A. |
| Other author | Walls, Andrew F. (Andrew Finlay) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2017] |
| Description | xvii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | African Christian studies series African Christian studies series. ^A1165793 |
| Contents | 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. |
| General note | Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2014. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017304831 |
| ISBN | 9781498230698 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1498230695 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781498230711 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1498230717 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |