THE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY IN PAUL’S LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS
A Memoir Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree in Theology (B.Th) BY OBI, STANLEY KENECHI INTRODUCTION The recognition of God’s diligent effort in molding man out of dust as recorded in the second account of Creation, “God shaped man from the soil of the ground” (Gen 2:7), becomes a backbone in studying the human body in the perspective of its relationship to God. Everything he created was good. The utmost recognition, appreciation and acceptance of the “body” as a reality of salvation became manifest in incarnation-“the Word was made flesh” (John 1:14). Thus, the human body made a special entrance into theology, and became the science of divinity for its subject. [1]