Bede Uche Ukwuije, C.S.Sp., is a Nigerian Roman Catholic priest and a Spiritan missionary. He is a professor of theology and vice-chair of the Department of Theology at Duquesne University, and serves as the president of the Governing Council of the Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu-Enugu, Nigeria. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Trinitarian God.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One. The Problem of Naming God in African Theology of Inculturation1. Debate on the the Definition of the African Human Being and the African Idea of God in the 18th-20th Centuries.2. African Literature and the Defense of African Identity3. The Naming of God in African Theology of InculturationPart Two. The Humanity of God4. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Humanity5. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Being6. The Humanity of God and AnthropologyPart Three. Towards An Unapologetic Theology of Inculturation7. Speaking About God in Africa on the Basis of God's Humanity8. Thinking the Identity of the African Human Being on the Basis of the Humanity of God9. The Humanity of God as Regulator of the Specifically Christian Way of Inhabiting the Social BondConclusionBibliographyIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Words

"This book offers a profound and immensely rich reflection on the Christian belief in the Trinity by setting up a conversation that includes Western philosophy, African religious anthropology, and African Christian inculturation theologians, as well as Christian writers in contemporary times." —Anthony Akinwale, O.P., author of Charism and Contradiction"Trinity and Inculturation is a solid work of fundamental theology. The work sets up critical dialogue between the Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel's Trinitarian doctrine of 'the humanity of God' and the naming of God in African theology of inculturation evidenced in the doyens of African literature, African religions, and African theology." —James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp., author of Genesis 12–50: A Narrative-Theological Commentary

Bede Uche Ukwuije, C.S.Sp., is a Nigerian Roman Catholic priest and a Spiritan missionary. He is a professor of theology and vice-chair of the Department of Theology at Duquesne University, and serves as the president of the Governing Council of the Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu-Enugu, Nigeria. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Trinitarian God.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One. The Problem of Naming God in African Theology of Inculturation1. Debate on the the Definition of the African Human Being and the African Idea of God in the 18th-20th Centuries.2. African Literature and the Defense of African Identity3. The Naming of God in African Theology of InculturationPart Two. The Humanity of God4. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Humanity5. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Being6. The Humanity of God and AnthropologyPart Three. Towards An Unapologetic Theology of Inculturation7. Speaking About God in Africa on the Basis of God's Humanity8. Thinking the Identity of the African Human Being on the Basis of the Humanity of God9. The Humanity of God as Regulator of the Specifically Christian Way of Inhabiting the Social BondConclusionBibliographyIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Words

"This book offers a profound and immensely rich reflection on the Christian belief in the Trinity by setting up a conversation that includes Western philosophy, African religious anthropology, and African Christian inculturation theologians, as well as Christian writers in contemporary times." —Anthony Akinwale, O.P., author of Charism and Contradiction"Trinity and Inculturation is a solid work of fundamental theology. The work sets up critical dialogue between the Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel's Trinitarian doctrine of 'the humanity of God' and the naming of God in African theology of inculturation evidenced in the doyens of African literature, African religions, and African theology." —James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp., author of Genesis 12–50: A Narrative-Theological Commentary

Bede Uche Ukwuije, C.S.Sp., is a Nigerian Roman Catholic priest and a Spiritan missionary. He is a professor of theology and vice-chair of the Department of Theology at Duquesne University, and serves as the president of the Governing Council of the Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu-Enugu, Nigeria. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Trinitarian God.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One. The Problem of Naming God in African Theology of Inculturation1. Debate on the the Definition of the African Human Being and the African Idea of God in the 18th-20th Centuries.2. African Literature and the Defense of African Identity3. The Naming of God in African Theology of InculturationPart Two. The Humanity of God4. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Humanity5. The Jüngelian Doctrine of God's Being6. The Humanity of God and AnthropologyPart Three. Towards An Unapologetic Theology of Inculturation7. Speaking About God in Africa on the Basis of God's Humanity8. Thinking the Identity of the African Human Being on the Basis of the Humanity of God9. The Humanity of God as Regulator of the Specifically Christian Way of Inhabiting the Social BondConclusionBibliographyIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Words

"This book offers a profound and immensely rich reflection on the Christian belief in the Trinity by setting up a conversation that includes Western philosophy, African religious anthropology, and African Christian inculturation theologians, as well as Christian writers in contemporary times." —Anthony Akinwale, O.P., author of Charism and Contradiction"Trinity and Inculturation is a solid work of fundamental theology. The work sets up critical dialogue between the Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel's Trinitarian doctrine of 'the humanity of God' and the naming of God in African theology of inculturation evidenced in the doyens of African literature, African religions, and African theology." —James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp., author of Genesis 12–50: A Narrative-Theological Commentary