New Testament Studies in Contextual Exegesis. Neutestamentliche Studien zur kontextuellen Exegese-The «Pauline» Spirit World in Eph 3:10 in the Context of Igbo World View

The Eph «Pauline» spirit world articulations are founded in the attempts at Weltbewältigung. Related mentality in Igbo world view accounts for their spirit world apprehensions. Psycho-hermeneutical approach reveals the importance of cognitive reconstruction of the basic Weltanschauung through true appreciations of Eph Christological paraenetics. Eph 3:10 (Principalities and Authorities in the Heavenly Places) articulates the related cluster of terms that express the «Pauline» spirit world in Ephesians’. Through a psychological-hermeneutical study, this book contributes to provide a theologically-founded response to the immense challenges the spirit world apprehensions among the Igbo (Africans), pose to true discipleship in these settings. Identifying the strongly influential role played here by the Igbo traditional religion/world view(s) and the foundation of these biblical terms in the attempts at Weltbewältigung, the book highlights how proper appreciation of the Christological paraenetics of Eph enhances critical consciousness and cognitive reconstruction towards mature faith and societal betterment.