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dc.contributor.author | Ogbonnaya, L. Uchenna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-04T10:28:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-04T10:28:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | What is the constituent nature of God? Most scholars project the idea that God is an absolute, pure spirit devoid of matter. In this paper, I engage this position from the African philosophical place. First, I contend that the postulation that God is pure spirit stems from an ontological system known as dualism. This system bifurcates reality into spirit and matter and sees spirit as good, and matter as evil. Therefore, scholars who subscribe to this theory of dualism, posit that God, the Supreme Being is the ultimate good that is, and is pure spirit. Secondly, I disagree with this position. Using the African theory of duality, I argue that everything that is has both spirit and matter, and that spirit and matter are good. Thus, God as an existent reality consists of spirit and matter. I will support my argument using Asouzu’s Ibuanyidanda ontology and Ijiomah’s Harmonious Monism, two African culture-inspired philosophical systems. In this paper, I employ conversationalism as my philosophical method. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2022 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The John Templeton Foundation and the Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ft | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ogbonnaya, L.U. 2022, 'The question of the nature of God from the African place', Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 115-130, doi : 10.4314/ft.v11i1.8. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2276-8386 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2408-5987 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4314/ft.v11i1.8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86705 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Calabar School of Philosophy (CSP) | en_US |
dc.rights | Calabar School of Philosophy (CSP) | en_US |
dc.subject | God | en_US |
dc.subject | African theory of duality | en_US |
dc.subject | Ibuanyidanda ontology | en_US |
dc.subject | Harmonious monism | en_US |
dc.subject | Conversationalism | en_US |
dc.title | The question of the nature of God from the African place | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |