TY  - BOOK
AU  - Orobator,A.E.
TI  - Reconciliation, justice, and peace: the Second African Synod 
SN  - 9781570759161 (pbk.)
AV  - BX1675.A1 A34 2009z
U1  - 261.8096 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Maryknoll, N.Y.
PB  - Orbis Books
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Africa
KW  - Congresses
KW  - African Synod
KW  - (2nd
KW  - 2009
KW  - Rome, Italy)
KW  - Christian sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the Synod as ecclesial conversation; Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator --; Church-family of God : the place of God's reconciliation, justice, and peace; Teresa Okure --; On speaking terms : African religion and Christianity in dialogue; Laurenti Magesa --; Language, politics, and religious dialogue : the case of Kiswahili in Eastern Africa; Festo Mkenda --; The word of God as transformative power in reconciling African Christians; Paul Béré --; Small Christian communities : promoters of reconciliation, justice, and peace in Eastern Africa; Joseph G. Healey --; Inventing creative approaches to complex systems of injustice : a new call for a vigilant and engaged church; Elias Omondi Opongo --; Toward a new social configuration? The role of the Catholic Church in the public sphere; Yvon Christian Elenga --; Governance beyond rhetoric : the South African challenge to the African Synod; Anthony Egan --; Agent of reconciliation, justice, and peace : the church in Africa in an era of globalization; Odomaro Mubangizi --; "Woman, you are set free!"  Women and discipleship in the church; Anne Arabome --; Come, let us talk this over : on the condition of women religious in the church; Ngozi Frances Uti --; The African Synod for those of us who stayed at home; David Kaulem --; Theology, ecology, and Africa : no longer strange bedfellows; Peter Knox --; "Let us first feed the children" (Mark 7:27) : the church's response to the inequitable extraction of resources and related violence; Peter Kanyandago --; The enduring scourge of poverty and evangelization in Africa; Nathaniel Yaovi Soédé --; The Second African Synod and AIDS in Africa; Michael Czerny --; Moving beyond the condom debate; Paterne-Auxence Mombé --; Africa and the challenge of foreign religious/ethical ideologies, viruses, and pathologies; Paulinus I. Odozor --; The scourge of corruption : the need for transparency and accountability; Gabriel Mmassi --; Epilogue : a balancing act : facing the challenge of implementing the directions of the Second African Synod; Peter J. Henriot
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