Faith in Action, Volume 2: Pastoral Renewal, Public Health and the Prophetic Mission of the Church in Africa Since the Two African Synods
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, December 2020
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Overview
Faith in Action, Vol.2 presents a number of essays that provide a deeper understanding into what it means to be a Christian in present-day Africa, and address how the Church of Africa can meet some of the challenges facing African societies today. The authors explore how faith looks like in action, and strive to inspire and re-awaken the church in Africa and beyond by establishing theoretical and practical foundations for a transformative catholicism in African contexts. It intends to challenge readers to reflect on their own faith and invites African readers to reimagine and work towards creating a more vibrant, energetic and socially-involved African church. The volume explores how this looks like in the practical aspect as it engages in issues across various relevant topics that concern Africans specifically, but also the world.
- Teaches the meaning of faith in action and how this looks like in the Africa of today
- Addresses how the Church in Africa can meet some of the challenges facing African societies today
- Deals with conceptual and theoretical issue in interpreting and understanding Africa's social context from the perspectives of life and faith
I. Dialogue and Inculturation in the Christian Mission in Africa
- An Inculturated Church in Africa: Lessons and Failings since Ecclesia in Africa - Charles A. Ebelebe, CSSp
- Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in Our Churches: Lessons and Failings since Ecclesia in Africa - Justin Clemency Nabushawo
- Fraternal Solidarity and the Ethics of Care and Compassion in Church and State in Africa: A Theological Re-reading of Things Fall Apart - Ikenna U. Okafor
II. Dialogue and Reconciliation in the Christian Mission in Africa
- Engaging the Catholic and the Pentecostal-Charismatic Forms of Christianity in a Conversation: Towards An Authentic African Christianity - Lawrence Nchekwube Nwankwo
- Dialogue in Cultural Conflicts between the Church and African Traditions: Lessons from Biblical Traditions - Cosmas Uzowulu OFMCap
- The Role of Religion in Africa's Twentieth Century Wars and Genocides: Lessons for African Churches SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai
- The Challenges of Poverty in African Families: Ecclesial Action Since African Synods I & II - Raymond Olusesan Aina, MSP
- Serving the Vulnerable Among us with Integrity: Best Practices of Accompaniment - Annah Nyadoma
- From Silos to System: Assessing Conditions for Integration of Faith-based Health Service Organisations - Barry C. Ench and Theresa Abah
- The Role of International Catholic Charities in Promoting Global Health Susan Nedza
- "Igniting Theologies from Below in Africa" Kairos Methodology as a Resource: a Case Study of Violence Against Women and Sexual Minorities - Nontando Hadebe
- Afterword: Celebrating and Assessing the Blessings of the Church in Africa: Allocutio Bonaventure Ikenna Ugwu, CSSP
Communicating the Truths of Faith: Marriage, Family Life, Health and Wellbeing
Reflections on Doing the Works of God
“I encourage all African Catholic leaders, scholars, and change agents to read, digest, and embrace the proposals of the incisive essays in this volume so that you can get a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Christian in Africa today. These African scholars teach us the meaning of faith in action and how this looks like in the Africa of today. You will come to learn about so many people in Africa who are perhaps least known, but are inspirational in our broken world, where faith gets easily shaken by all the bad things we witness, and also absorb from social media.”
—Rosemary Nyirumbe, Founder, Sewing Hope Foundation, Uganda
“A timely, reflective, hopeful, and re-awakening kairos for the church in Africa and beyond. The authors invite us to reimagine a vibrant, inclusive, compassionate, caring, peaceful, and engaging church in Africa, and its peoples, in a post-Covid-19 context. Journeying with these great women and men of Africa in this volume, I have been challenged to reflect on my faith as an African woman religious, and to put it into action. I invite you to take this journey, too. Who knows what you will discover? The volume will be of interest to clerics, religious, theologians, academics, students, and practitioners in the fields of peace, education, and health.”
—Wamuyu Teresia Wachira, BVM, St. Paul's University, Nairobi, Kenya
“The Pan-African Catholic Congress—with the theme of what we must do to perform the work of God (John 6:28)—was a momentous event for the church in Africa. These thoughtful and incisive essays invite Africa and the world church to a theology of hope and value orientation to advance the best possible means of studying theology and its application in pastoral ministry, so as to arrive at renewed and suitable approaches to faith in the social context of today’s Africa.”
—Albert Ikpenwa, Rector, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria
- Title: Faith in Action, Volume 2: Pastoral Renewal, Public Health and the Prophetic Mission of the Church in Africa Since the Two African Synods
- Authors: Stan Chu Ilo, Ikenna Ugochukwu Okafor
- Series: Faith in Action
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: December 2020
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Resource ID: LLS:FAITHACTION2
- Resource Type: Monograph
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