Jon Sobrino’s Liberation Christology and Its Implication for the “Crucified People” of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria.

<p>The thesis was carried out to investigate Sobrino’s liberation Christology and its implication for the “crucified people” of Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The thesis became very crucial because God’s gift of oil to the Niger Delta region has become a source of sorrow and death as a result of unjust structures by the Nigerian government and the multinational oil companies. Sobrino’s liberation Christology was very much appropriate for this research work because of the way he uses the present-day crucified people to understand better the crucified Christ. The “crucified people” in the Niger Delta region like the other crucified peoples in history are seen as those undergoing real death caused by poverty generated by unjust structures. Sobrino’s liberation Christology advocates that the crucified people should be brought down from the cross. Sobrino calls for solidarity and mercy from those who have left them in that inhuman condition. Thus, the thesis challenged the injustice and oppression against the Niger Delta people. It stressed more on the role of Christian theology and the prophetic role of Christ’s faithful in the face of socio-economic and political oppression in the Niger Delta region.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

One-year Embargo

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theology

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Wayii, Augustine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Elisabeth T. Vasko
• Prof. Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu

• Liberation Christology
• Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1431

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2435