An African challenge to the church in the twenty-first century
By: edited by Mongezi Guma and A. Leslie Milton ; foreword by Brigalia H. Bam
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cape Town : Salty Print
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Christianity; Congresses; Church history; Politics and government
Other titles: African challenge to the church in the 21st century; Being the church in South Africa today.
Notes: "Follow-up to a previous anthology, Being the church in South Africa today (1995)"--P. iii.

"The essays ... are a result of ... a theological consultation held in Johannesburg. They are part of a project to draw up a theological manifesto for the new millennium"--P. viii.

"South African Council of Churches"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: African culture and Christian spirituality : an interpretation / Johannes Seoka; title: Ithongo dream narratives : healing texts, wholeness and social justice among Nguni healers of the Western Cape / Mthobeli P. Guma; title: The land question : prospects for the next millennium / Peter G. Mayende; title: Land is our mother : a black theology of land / Takatso Mofokeng; title: Ownership or non-ownership of land forms the basis of wealth and poverty : a black theological perspective / Itumeleng Mosala; title: Choosing who we are : a Christian perspective on the moral crisis confronting the South African society / Bonganjalo Goba; title: Towards a world-formative Christianity in South Africa / H. Russel Botman; title: Theses on economic justice : towards an economy of life / Molefe Tsele; title: Christian witness in a secular state : rethinking church-state relations in the new democratic South Africa / John W. de Gruchy; title: "Be reconciled to God!" (2 Cor. 5-20) : biblical theology and social praxis / A. Leslie Milton; title: Truth, national unity and reconciliation in South Africa : aspects of the emerging agenda / Tinyiko Sam Maluleke; title: Koinonia : the church creating community / Wolfram Kistner.