@article{magezi_christ_2017, title = {Christ Also Ours in Africa: A Consideration of Torrance’s Incarnational, Christological Model as Nexus for Christ’s Identification with African Christians}, volume = {38}, doi = {10.4102/VE.V38I1.1679}, abstract = {"In the quest for an alternative Christological model that identifies Christ with African Christians, this article critically analyses and evaluates Torrance’s incarnational Christological model in order to determine how his (Torrance’s) incarnational Christological conceptualisation can open up aspects of Christ’s incarnation that fully identify Christ with African Christians. The article highlights that Torrance’s incarnational Christological concepts, namely, anypostasis and enhypostasis, the close association between the doctrine of creation and redemption, and the interpretation of the redemptive history of Israel from an incarnational perspective configures that in the incarnation, God in Christ completely identifies with all humankind and saves them from the ontological depth of their existence. Hence, Torrance’s incarnational Christological model has the significant implication that the gospel is for all humanity in its dealing with sin and spiritual forces. African Christians may claim complete solidarity with Christ everywhere without the stumbling block of a claimed foreignness of Jesus Christ. This article contributes to African Christian identity discussion by identifying a constructive way of understanding Christ’s salvation in a manner that effectively communicates Christ’s relevancy to African Christians. As such, it contributes to systematic theological discussion on Christ in Africa from a Christian identity perspective and its soteriological implications."}, pages = {1--12}, number = {1}, journaltitle = {Verbum et Ecclesia}, author = {Magezi, Vhumani and Magezi, Christopher}, date = {2017}, note = {Free}, }