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The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life
Alex Ojacor (Ed.)
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Description for The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life
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At once prophetic, pastoral, and personal, this book applies the symbols of 'salt' and 'light' as ecclesiological images for reimaging the African Church for today and tomorrow. The proposal of this book is to reconsider the path towards abundant life for God's people in the challenging context of African continent, and through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors stress the necessity of de-Westernizing African Christianity and ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? What positive imprint is Christianity leaving on the lives ... Read more
At once prophetic, pastoral, and personal, this book applies the symbols of 'salt' and 'light' as ecclesiological images for reimaging the African Church for today and tomorrow. The proposal of this book is to reconsider the path towards abundant life for God's people in the challenging context of African continent, and through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors stress the necessity of de-Westernizing African Christianity and ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? What positive imprint is Christianity leaving on the lives ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227680087
SKU
V9780227680087
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About Alex Ojacor (Ed.)
The Editors: Stan Chu Ilo is Assistant Professor of Religion and Education, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto. Alex Ojacor is a professor of Religion and Associate Dean of Studies at St. Mary's National Major Seminary Ggaba in Kampala. Joseph Ogbonnaya is a scholar at the Lonergan Research Institute, Regis College, Toronto, and chaplain of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life
This volume offers many unique insights into the way that Christianity can be performed in such a way that it counters and overcomes the oppressive paradigms. Nathan Crawford, Reviews in Religion and Theology Vol.20 Issue 3. July 2013 'This is a fine cutting-edge book by energetic, young black African Roman Catholic theologians. They tilt against ... Read more