Changing Relations Between Churches In Europe And Africa

Author : Katharina Kunter,Jens Holger Schøjrring
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : 3447054514

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Changing Relations Between Churches in Europe and Africa by Katharina Kunter,Jens Holger Schøjrring Pdf

Proceedings from the conference "Changing relationships between churches in Africa and Europe in the 20th century: Christian identity in the times of political crises," which took place October 8-12, 2005 at Makumira University College of Tumaini University in Tanzania.

Author : Gerrie ter Haar
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812241730

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How God Became African by Gerrie ter Haar Pdf

While African Christianity has wholeheartedly appropriated the symbols, scriptures, and traditions of historic Christianity elsewhere, it has also built on the rich history of the continent's indigenous spiritual beliefs.

Author : Helena Vilaça,Enzo Pace,Inger Furseth,Per Pettersson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317038825

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The Changing Soul of Europe by Helena Vilaça,Enzo Pace,Inger Furseth,Per Pettersson Pdf

This book paves the way for a more enlarged discussion on religion and migration phenomena in countries of Northern and Southern Europe. From a comparative perspective, these are regions with very different religious traditions and different historical State/Church relations. Although official religion persisted longer in Nordic Protestant countries than in South Mediterranean countries, levels of secularization are higher. In the last decades, both Northern and Southern Europe have received strong flows of newcomers. From this perspective, the book presents through various theoretical lenses and empirical researches the impact mobility and consequent religious transnationalism have on multiple aspects of culture and social life in societies where the religious landscapes are increasingly diverse. The chapters demonstrate that we are dealing with complex scenarios: different contexts of reception, different countries of origin, various ethnicities and religious traditions (Catholics, Orthodox and Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Buddhists). Having become plural spaces, our societies tend to be far more concerned with the issue of social integration rather than with that of social identities reconstruction in society as a whole, often ignoring that today religion manifests itself as a plurality of religions. In short, what are the implications of newcomers for the religious life of Europe and for the redesign of its soul?

Author : Knud Andresen,Sebastian Justke,Detlef Siegfried
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030532840

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Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe by Knud Andresen,Sebastian Justke,Detlef Siegfried Pdf

This edited collection examines how Western European countries have responded and been influenced by the apartheid system in South Africa. The debate surrounding apartheid in South Africa underwent a shift in the second half of the 20th century, with long held positive, racist European opinions of white South Africans slowly declining since decolonisation in the 1960s, and the increase in the importance of human rights in international politics. While previous studies have approached this question in the context of national histories, more or less detached from each other, this edited collection offers a broader insight into the transnational and entangled histories of Western European and South African societies. The contributors use exemplary case studies to trace the change of perception, covering a plurality of reactions in different societies and spheres: from the political and social, to the economic and cultural. At the same time, the collection emphasizes the interconnections of those reactions to what has been called the last ‘overtly racist regime’ (George Frederickson) of the twentieth century.

Author : Chitando, Ezra,Mombo, Esther,Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863098117

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That all may live! by Chitando, Ezra,Mombo, Esther,Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies Pdf

This volume of BiAS/ ERA is a Festschrift honouring Nyambura J. Njoroge. She is an outstanding woman theologian whose work straddles diverse fields and disciplines. Inspired by her rich and impressive œuvre, in this volume friends and colleagues of her (among them celebrities like Musa Dube, Gerald West, Fulata Moyo, Ezra Chitando, and others) explore how religion and theology in diverse contexts can become more life giving. Contributors from many countries and different continents explore themes such as African women's leadership, theological education, HIV/ AIDS, lament, the Bible and liberation, adolescents and young women, sexual diversity and others. Collectively, the volume expresses Nyambura's consistent commitment to the full liberation of all human beings, in fulfilment of the gospel's promise that all may have life and have it to the full (John 10:10)

Author : Marsha R. Robinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739168554

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Matriarchy, Patriarchy, and Imperial Security in Africa by Marsha R. Robinson Pdf

Matriarchy, Patriarchy and Imperial Security in Africa will appeal to professionals and students of imperial and world history, international security and conflict resolution, development, globalization, and gender studies. The author argues that terrorism, piracy, acts of sabotage, and austerity budget mass protests will continue in Africa, Asia and the West until ordinary people around the world have positive answers to the Primordial Question: Will my family eat today and sleep peacefully through the night?

Author : Karsten Lehmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317499046

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Religious NGOs in International Relations by Karsten Lehmann Pdf

Over the last 30 years, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly present in international discourses and ​active in international decision-making. Among the estimated several million NGOs in existence today, an increasingly visible number of organizations are defining themselves in religious terms – referring to themselves as "religious", "spiritual", or "faith-based" NGOs. This book documents the initial encounters between the particularly international segment of those organizations and the UN while at the same time covering the Protestant and Catholic spectrum that dominated the early years of their activities in the UN-context. This book focuses on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations: The Commissions of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA). These organizations have been formally accredited as NGOs by the UN, label themselves as religious, and look back upon a long and intense cooperation with the UN. Lehmann presents material from the archives of those two organizations that has so far rarely been used for academic analysis. In doing so, as well as documenting the encounters between those organizations and the UN, and looking at the Protestant and Catholic spectrum, the book provides new insights into the very construction of the notions of ‘the religious’ and the ‘secular’ inside those organizations. This work will be of great interest to all students of religion and international relations, and will also be of interest to those studying related subjects such as global institutions, comparative politics and international politics.

Author : Andrew Chandler,David Hein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317179801

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Archbishop Fisher, 1945–1961 by Andrew Chandler,David Hein Pdf

Archbishop Fisher’s archiepiscopate reflected the central issues of his time and place. It was Fisher who oversaw an immense programme of reforms which effectively recast the institutions of the Church of England for generations to come. It was Fisher who proved to be the essential architect, politician and diplomat behind the creation of a worldwide Anglican Communion. His determination to promote the development of relations with other churches produced a vital contribution to the cause of ecumenism, which culminated in his momentous meeting with Pope John XXIII. Archbishop Fisher was a vigorous participant in the questions which defined national and international life. This book explores Fisher’s influence on major contemporary issues and events, including divorce-law reform and capital punishment at home and the end of Empire and the most dangerous years of the Cold War abroad. This new biography establishes the continuing significance not only of the office of Archbishop in the Church but also of the Church at large in the tumultuous world of the later twentieth century. A final section of original source material includes letters, sermons and other writings bringing vividly to life the range and character of Fisher's public and private role.

Author : Gemma Tulud Cruz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000416749

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Christianity Across Borders by Gemma Tulud Cruz Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of key issues in contemporary global migration and considers the theological implications for Christianity, in general, and for Christian faith and practice in various parts of the world, in particular. Migrant Christians, who make up the majority of believers on the move and in diaspora, play an increasingly vital role in world Christianity today. Drawing on cases from across the globe, Gemma Tulud Cruz considers how Christians are faced with immense gifts and tremendous challenges brought by the ever-increasing presence of migrants in their midst and the conditions that characterize contemporary global migration. Migrant Christians themselves face multiple challenges, which have been made more stark by the coronavirus pandemic. The volume will be relevant to scholars of religion and of migration who are interested in a closer examination of what happens to Christians and Christianity, (faith) communities, and nation-states in the age of migration.

Author : Tomas Sundnes Drønen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004244894

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Pentecostalism, Globalisation, and Islam in Northern Cameroon by Tomas Sundnes Drønen Pdf

The global aspects of the new Pentecostal churches in northern Cameroon are in this volume discussed through descriptions of the movement's relationship with mainline churches, traditional religion, and Islam.

Author : B. Bompani,M. Frahm-Arp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230283206

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Development and Politics from Below by B. Bompani,M. Frahm-Arp Pdf

Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa.

Author : Michael L. Budde
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532607097

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Scattered and Gathered by Michael L. Budde Pdf

This volume takes its title from the first-century Christian catechism called the Didache: “Even as this broken bread was scattered over the hills . . . gathered together and became one, so let Your Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth.” For Christians today, these words remain relevant in an era of massive human movements (voluntary and coerced), hybrid identities, and wide-ranging cultural interactions. How do modern Christians live as both a “scattered” and “gathered” people? How do they live out the tension between ecclesial universality (catholicity) and particularity (distinctive ways of being church in a given culture and context)? Do Christians today constitute a “diaspora,” a people dispersed across borders and cultures that nonetheless maintains a sense of commonality and mission? Scattered and Gathered: Catholics in Diaspora explores these questions through the work of fourteen scholars in different fields and from different corners of the world. Whether through reflections on Zimbabweans in Britain, Levantines in North America, or the remote island people of Chiloé now living in other parts of Chile, they guide readers along the winding road of insights and challenges facing many of today’s Christians.

Author : Lamin Sanneh,Joel A. Carpenter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190292164

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The Changing Face of Christianity by Lamin Sanneh,Joel A. Carpenter Pdf

Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically. In 1900, 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America. Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of that region. This change calls for a reexamination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and its modes of expression. Perhaps most significant is the role of Africa as the new Christian heartland. The questions and answers about Christianity and its contemporary mission now being developed in the African churches will have enormous influence in the years to come. This volume offers nine new essays addressing this sea-change and its importance for the future of Christianity. Some contributions consider the development of "non-Western" forms of Christianity, others look at the impact of these new Christianities in the West. The authors cover a wide range of topics, from the integration of witchcraft and Christianity in Nigeria and the peacemaking role of churches in Mozambique to the American Baptist reception of Asian Christianity. The Changing Face of Christianity shows the striking cultural differences between the new world Christianity and its western counterpart. But with so many new immigrants in Europe and North America, the faith's fault lines are not purely geographical. The new Christianity now thrives in American and European settings, and northerners need to know this faith better. At stake is their ability to be good neighbors-and perhaps to be good Christian citizens of the world.

Author : Masiiwa Ragies Gunda
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bible and homosexuality
ISBN : 9783923507740

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The Bible and Homosexuality in Zimbabwe by Masiiwa Ragies Gunda Pdf

Author : Charles Marsh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781666730890

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Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand by Charles Marsh Pdf

Charles Marsh responds to criticisms of his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by exploring the largely unexamined relationship between theology and biography. In Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand, he argues that Bonhoeffer scholarship desperately needs the revitalizing energies of the theologian’s life story revisited and uncensored by the guild.