Health as ᴆagbε in the Ghana-Eυe Context: Lessons from the New Testament

Autor: Frederick Mawusi Amevenku
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Vol 5, Iss 10, Pp 52-61 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2720-7722
DOI: 10.38159/ehass.20245105
Popis: How does the Church in Ghana address the growing concerns of health care delivery especially among the Ghana-Eυe from the perspective of Christianity? This is the question that this study sought to answer. Using literature research, this paper argued that holistic Christian health care is nothing short of ᶑagbε in the Eυe context. ᶑagbε is holistic well-being. Holistic well-being can hardly be separated from the salvation that Jesus offers. At his incarnation, Jesus brought the gospel of the kingdom of God/kingdom of heaven as holistic well-being for human benefit. While preaching his holistic gospel, Jesus also healed and taught people. His spectacular healing ministry and other deeds did not prove his divine sonship or messiahship but attested to the fact that in his life and ministry, the kingdom of God/heaven had come in power and glory. In Jesus then, one finds the full realisation of God’s ᶑagbε to heal the human body, soul and spirit. The study contributes to scholarship in helping to indigenize the meaning of salvation in the Eυe context. This wades into the debate on inculturation theology in Africa.
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