Church as Salt and Light : Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life

Ilo, Stan Chu (EDT); Ogbonnaya, Joseph (EDT); Ojacor, Alex (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0227680081 / ISBN 13: 9780227680087

Verlag: James Clarke, 2012

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A thought-provoking series of essays by African scholars examining the theological and pastoral necessity of a distinctively African Christianity.

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 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?

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Joseph Ogbonnaya is a scholar at the Lonergan Research Institute, Regis College, Toronto, and chaplain of the Igbo Catholic Community of Toronto.

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Titel: Church as Salt and Light : Path to an ...
Verlag: James Clarke
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New