Communion Ecclesiology And Social Transformation In African Catholicism

Author : Idara Otu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532657481

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Communion Ecclesiology and Social Transformation in African Catholicism by Idara Otu Pdf

In this book, Idara Otu, one of the new theological voices from Africa, rethinks ecclesiology in the changing context of a wounded and broken world. What does the Catholic Church in Africa look like post-Vatican II? This book creatively illuminates the intrinsic connections between ecclesial communion and social mission in the changing face of the church in Africa. The multiple levels of dialogue in African Catholicism, especially in the reception and contextualization of conciliar teachings, is redefining world Christianity. The author explores how dialogue, synodality, inculturation, leadership, human security, social issues, and social transformation are shaping the identity and mission of the church in Africa. This book also engages recent magisterial teachings and diverse theological voices in developing the praxis for the emergence of particular churches in Africa that are defined by the joys and sorrows of God’s people. The book calls for a Triple-C church, revitalized through Conversion, Communality, and Conversation, as well as fostering integral and sustainable social transformation in Africa’s contested march toward modernity.

Author : Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597528986

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A Listening Church by Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu Pdf

AIDS. Famine. Ethnic strife. Refugees. Poverty. Debt. Environmental degradation. These form the wounded face of Africa today, the reality confronting the church of Africa. To heal Africa, Spiritan Father Elochukwu Uzukwu argues that the church in Africa must become a credible and effective agent of change by making full use of African resources--natural and sociohistorical--including traditional patterns of social organization. In order to renew itself, the church must remember that it does not exist for itself but for the people--to bear witness in Africa to the risen Lord. Focusing on the Catholic Church in Africa today, A Listening Church proposes a fresh approach to ecclesiology. Following closely on the African Synod of Bishops, Uzukwu proposes the initiation of serious theological discussion on the structure of the Church in Africa that came out of that historic occasion. Simply speaking, the African churches must listen to their people, and the Church in Rome must listen to the churches in Africa.

Author : Khisi, Maximian
Publisher : Mzuni Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789996060625

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The Church as the Family of God and the Care for Creation by Khisi, Maximian Pdf

Of late there has grown in African Catholicism the concept of Church as the Family of God, Familia Dei, which has enhanced greater social cohesion among the members of the Church and strengthened interpersonal relationships among them. This book is an endeavour to offer a path towards the solution of the problem of environmental crisis through the theological discipline of ecclesiology. Using the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe's understanding of Church as the Family of God, the book concludes that the application of the concept of Church as family of God, while bringing great social cohesion among the people, failed to extend to human relationships with the natural world, in fact It has broadened the human feeling of superiority over the natural environment. The book provides an ecclesiological complementarity which promotes a universal fraternity among people and the natural world ,and recommends an ecclesiological concept of Church as New Creation, Nova creatio. This would serve as a call for human beings to make a new ecological conversion, leading new lifestyles, change in their models of nature-worldviews, and change in the models of production and consumption.

Author : Ilo, Stan Chu
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9781608337316

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A Poor and Merciful Church by Ilo, Stan Chu Pdf

This important text addresses three key questions which face modern Catholicism, especially in Africa: What is the ecclesiology of Pope Francis? How does this ecclesiology meet the challenges facing the universal church in today's complex world? And how can one translate the practices of this new approach into a theological aesthetics to meet the challenges and opportunities of the African social context?

Author : Ilo, Stan Chu
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 1003 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608339365

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Handbook of African Catholicism by Ilo, Stan Chu Pdf

"A disciplinary map for understanding African Catholicism today by engaging some of the most pressing and pertinent issues, topics, and conversations in diverse fields of studies in African Catholicism"--

Author : A. E. Orobator
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X006118700

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The Church as Family by A. E. Orobator Pdf

Author : Ferdinand Nwaigbo
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020342536

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Church as a Communion by Ferdinand Nwaigbo Pdf

Author : Orobator, Agbonkhianmeghe E.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336685

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Church We Want by Orobator, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Pdf

Featuring essays from a broad range of contributors this book is a treasure for anyone interested in theological reflection from an African perspective and is a necessary resource for theologians and scholars working in a church that is steadily moving its center to the Global South.

Author : Stan Chu Ilo,Joseph Ogbonnaya,Alex Ojacor
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610971003

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The Church as Salt and Light by Stan Chu Ilo,Joseph Ogbonnaya,Alex Ojacor Pdf

This book is an attempt at a critical, constructive, and creative theological praxis of social transformation in Africa. The authors apply a multi-disciplinary approach to examining how Christianity in Africa is engaging the problems of Africa's challenging social context. This is a prophetic work that applies the symbols of salt and light as ecclesiological images for reenvisioning the path towards procuring abundant life for God's people in the African continent through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors to this volume ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? How can one evaluate the relevance of the Church in Africa to African Christians who enthusiastically embrace and celebrate their Christian faith? In other words, what positive imprint is Christianity leaving on the lives and societies of African Christians? Does the Christian message have the potential of positively affecting African civilization as it once did in Europe? What is the relevance and place of African Christianity as a significant voice in shaping both the future of Africa and that of world Christianity?

Author : Stan Chu Ilo,Caroline N. Mbonu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666745764

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Under the Palaver Tree by Stan Chu Ilo,Caroline N. Mbonu Pdf

Doing theology Under the Palaver Tree, in honor of one of Africa's foremost theologians, Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, is a momentous undertaking, which draws from the diverse African continent, her various peoples and rich natural resources. A down-to-earth God-talk that evokes the reign of God among us, the book is a theological treasure trove. The quality, depth, and range of the conversation partners in this volume represent a high-water mark of the best scholarship in Africa today on ecclesiology and the future of the African church and the world church. The authors, through dialoguing with multidisciplinary dimensions of theological thoughts, offer new language with which to engage foundational issues in theology, liturgical practices, communion and community, leadership and charism, the relationship between the local and universal church, and social engagement and cultural questions as well. In exploring the depth of this tome, with its methodological approaches in interpreting, understanding, and evaluating the changing faces of Christianity, scholars and theologians will be challenged to reflect on some of the most pressing current questions and issues facing the church in Africa and the world, in rebirthing the image of the people of God, and a synodal church under the iconic and symbolic African palaver tree.

Author : Kelebogile T. Resane
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781920382971

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Communion Ecclesiology in a Racially Polarised South Africa by Kelebogile T. Resane Pdf

Communion Ecclesiology by Dr. K.T. Resane explores the concept of a communion ecclesiology in South Africa. The book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the concept in the Bible, in history and in different church traditions including the African Initiated Churches. The book also focuses on the different cultural groups in South Africa as they were organised within theological traditions. - Prof. S.D. Snyman, University of the Free State

Author : Charles Reid, Jr.
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004545748

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Peacemaking and the Canon Law of the Catholic Church by Charles Reid, Jr. Pdf

This volume unites three disparate strands of historical and legal experience. Nearly from its beginning, the Catholic Church has sought to promote peace – among warring parties, and among private litigants. The volume explores three vehicles the Church has used to promote peace: papal diplomacy of international disputes both medieval and contemporary; the arbitration of disputes among litigants; and the use of the tools of reconciliation to bring about rapprochement between ecclesiastical superiors and those subject to their authority. The book concludes with an appendix exploring a wide variety of hypothetical, yet plausible scenarios in which the Church might use its good offices to repair breaches among persons and nations.

Author : Stan Chu Ilo,Nora K. Nonterah,Idara Otu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725293847

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Faith in Action, Volume 1 by Stan Chu Ilo,Nora K. Nonterah,Idara Otu Pdf

Author : Dr Peter Uche Uzochukwu
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781469163857

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Churches in the Family of God by Dr Peter Uche Uzochukwu Pdf

Author : Stan Chu Ilo,Caroline N. Mbonu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666745740

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Under the Palaver Tree by Stan Chu Ilo,Caroline N. Mbonu Pdf

Doing theology Under the Palaver Tree, in honor of one of Africa’s foremost theologians, Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, is a momentous undertaking, which draws from the diverse African continent, her various peoples and rich natural resources. A down-to-earth God-talk that evokes the reign of God among us, the book is a theological treasure trove. The quality, depth, and range of the conversation partners in this volume represent a high-water mark of the best scholarship in Africa today on ecclesiology and the future of the African church and the world church. The authors, through dialoguing with multidisciplinary dimensions of theological thoughts, offer new language with which to engage foundational issues in theology, liturgical practices, communion and community, leadership and charism, the relationship between the local and universal church, and social engagement and cultural questions as well. In exploring the depth of this tome, with its methodological approaches in interpreting, understanding, and evaluating the changing faces of Christianity, scholars and theologians will be challenged to reflect on some of the most pressing current questions and issues facing the church in Africa and the world, in rebirthing the image of the people of God, and a synodal church under the iconic and symbolic African palaver tree.