Reconciliation, justice, and peace
Subtitle: the Second African Synod
By: Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, editor
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781570759161
Subjects: Christian sociology; African Synod (2nd : 2009 : Rome, Italy); Congresses; Catholic Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Synod as ecclesial conversation  -- Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator; title: Church-family of God : the place of God's reconciliation, justice, and peace  -- Teresa Okure; title: On speaking terms : African religion and Christianity in dialogue  -- Laurenti Magesa; title: Language, politics, and religious dialogue : the case of Kiswahili in Eastern Africa  -- Festo Mkenda; title: The word of God as transformative power in reconciling African Christians  -- Paul Béré; title: Small Christian communities : promoters of reconciliation, justice, and peace in Eastern Africa  -- Joseph G. Healey; title: Inventing creative approaches to complex systems of injustice : a new call for a vigilant and engaged church  -- Elias Omondi Opongo; title: Toward a new social configuration? The role of the Catholic Church in the public sphere  -- Yvon Christian Elenga; title: Governance beyond rhetoric : the South African challenge to the African Synod  -- Anthony Egan; title: Agent of reconciliation, justice, and peace : the church in Africa in an era of globalization  -- Odomaro Mubangizi; title: "Woman, you are set free!"  Women and discipleship in the church  -- Anne Arabome; title: Come, let us talk this over : on the condition of women religious in the church  -- Ngozi Frances Uti; title: The African Synod for those of us who stayed at home  -- David Kaulem; title: Theology, ecology, and Africa : no longer strange bedfellows  -- Peter Knox; title: "Let us first feed the children" (Mark 7:27) : the church's response to the inequitable extraction of resources and related violence  -- Peter Kanyandago; title: The enduring scourge of poverty and evangelization in Africa  -- Nathaniel Yaovi Soédé; title: The Second African Synod and AIDS in Africa  -- Michael Czerny; title: Moving beyond the condom debate  -- Paterne-Auxence Mombé; title: Africa and the challenge of foreign religious/ethical ideologies, viruses, and pathologies  -- Paulinus I. Odozor; title: The scourge of corruption : the need for transparency and accountability  -- Gabriel Mmassi; title: Epilogue : a balancing act : facing the challenge of implementing the directions of the Second African Synod -- Peter J. Henriot.