Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2014. Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index.
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.
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