Open AccessTowards an African Christian Theology of the Blood of Jesus Christ
Author(s) -
Stephen Z. Yashim,
Emmanuel Umar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of religious and theological studies/e-journal of religious and theological studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2821-8957
pISSN - 2458-7338
DOI - 10.38159/erats.2020071
Subject(s) - christian theology , theology , jesus christ , transformative learning , systematic theology , philosophy , power (physics) , religious studies , sociology , faith , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics
This article proposes an African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ which biblically explains and answers experiential questions raised in African historical and socio-cultural contexts. Through the process of conceptual analysis, articles on animal sacrifices in African Traditional Religions and articles in the theological fields of Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology are interrogated to propose an African Christian Theology of the blood of Jesus Christ. The proposed African Christian Theology of the blood of Jesus Christ posits that God acts on the basis of the vicarious shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ to incorporate believers into a Father-Child relationship that grants the believer access to a special divine benevolence. God’s benevolence is the means by which the believer experiences the transformative power of God that leads them to progressively experience improvements for their holistic well-being while anticipating the return of Jesus Christ to reinstate perfect holistic well-being for God’s people.Keywords: The blood of Jesus, Animal sacrifices, and African Christian Theology.