A church for the world : the church's role in fostering democracy and sustainable development / edited by Samuel Yonas Deressa and Josh de Keijzer ; foreword by Gary M. Simpson.
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xix, 263 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781978710771
- 1978710771
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BR115.W6 CHU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42346293 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : toward a postcolonial “inescapable network of mutuality” / Gary M. Simpson -- Part 1. Historical perspectives -- Church and development in postcolonial Africa : revisiting African development plan and the theology of reconstruction through the lens of the capabilities approach / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- Church and development in Ethiopia : the contribution of Gudina Tuma’s holistic theology / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- On human flourishing : a call for public responsibility in contemporary Ethiopian Christianity / Andrew D. DeCort -- part 2. Development perspectives -- Church and human development : an Asian perspective / Lim Teck Peng -- The critical role of the church in the development of Asia / Delfo C. Canceran, OP -- Part 3. Ecclesiastical perspectives -- Church and development in Nigerian context : theological foundation, practical appraisal, and prophetic call to action / Ibrahim Bitrus -- Hospitality and social responsibility : the church in the age of globalization / nestor M. Ravilas and Wilfredo A. Laceda -- On not answering the public cry for justice : the silence of the Ethiopian Evangelical churches in the context of national crisis / Wondima Legesse Sonessa -- The roles of religions in public theology : an Asian perspective on the paradoxes of religious violence and peace / David Thang Moe -- Justice and peace kiss each other (Psalm 85:10b) : integrating the ethics of justice and peace in the world of injustice and violence / David Thang Moe -- To be like Christ : decolonizing theology for an incarnational church / Josh de Keijzer – Capitalism as divine necessity : toward a political theology of the cross / Josh de Keijzer.
"Challenges theologians and lay readers alike to think about the role of the church vis-a-vis its responsibility tot he world. Contributors from mostly non-Western theological communities offer, historical, developmental, ecclesiastical, and theological perspectives on the church-world relationship, challenging misconceptions and practices that prevent the church from living up to its transformational vocation as salt and light in the world (Matt. 5:13-16)"--Page 4 of cover.