John Paul II’s Christological-Trinitarian Anthropology: Its Impact on Evangelization in Kenya
John Paul II’s Christological-Trinitarian Anthropology: Its Impact on Evangelization in Kenya

Summary/Abstract: This article seeks to address John Paul II’s approach to Christian anthropology through the lens of his select encyclicals, notably Redemptor Hominis, Dives in Mesericordiae, Dominum Vivificantem and orations to the Bishops of Kenya in his first visit to the same in 1980. John Paul II’s Christological-Trinitarian understanding of human dignity has immense implications for a person- centred approach to a wide range of issues both ecclesial and civil. John Paul II’s approach to anthropology offers new perspectives on Christian anthropology itself and evangelization. These new perspectives can further lead to advances on Christian anthropology and evangelization. Working predominantly with biblical data and expanding upon human persons as created in the image of God (imago Dei), John Paul clarifies that the incarnation of the Son of God has granted human life the aspect that he intended man to have in the original state before the fall. He built on the imago Dei in order to better advance the conversation of human dignity, freedom and responsibility in line with his distinctive theological ploy thereof enlightened by his philosophical outlook. This article tracks the consequences of John Paul II’s Christological-Trinitarian approach to human person on the reality of the Christian faith globally and particularly in Africa; the Church’s ongoing effort to receive the Word more effectively and the concept of new evangelization as a key legacy of the pontificate of Pope Saint John Paul II.

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