Between the Christ of Deep Incarnation and The African Jesus of Tinyiko Maluleke: An Improvised Dialogue. (26th January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Urbaniak, Jakub
• Is Part Of: Modern theology. Volume 34:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 177
• Page End: 205
• Publication Date: 2018-01-26
• Subjects: deep incarnation -- African Jesus -- radical embodiment -- Tinyiko Maluleke -- Niels Gregersen -- Elizabeth Johnson -- Christology -- African Christianity; Theology -- Periodicals; Philosophical theology -- Periodicals; 230.01
• DOI: 10.1111/moth.12408
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-7177

Abstract

Abstract: All differences considered, the Christ of deep incarnation and the African Jesus of Tinyiko Maluleke share at least one fundamental dimension: they both stand out as signs of God's radical embodiment in the world of creation/of African culture(s). Put crudely, while the deep incarnation theologians extend Jesus' body into social and cosmic bodies, Maluleke locates Jesus' body in the bodies of his fellow Africans. This study first identifies major convergences and tensions between these two christological perspectives and, second, posits that the scandal of reciprocity, seen as a characteristic feature of African christologies, can be translated into a twofold guiding principle for approaching and assessing African Christianity theologically .