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A Church for the World

The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development
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ISBN-13:
9781978710788
Veröffentl:
2020
Seiten:
284
Autor:
Samuel Yonas Deressa
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

In A Church for the World, contributors from mostly non-Western theological communities offer historical, developmental, ecclesiastical, and theological perspectives on the church-world relationship, challenging misconceptions and practices that prevent the church from being salt and light in the world.
A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development challenges theologians and lay readers alike to think about the role of the church vis-à-vis its responsibility to the world. How may the church contribute to democracy and foster sustainable development? Contributors from mostly non-Western theological communities offer historical, developmental, ecclesiastical, and theological perspectives on the church-world relationship, challenging misconceptions and practices that prevent the church from living up to its transformational vocation as salt and light in the world (Matt. 5:13-16). The driving force behind the questions and perspectives discussed here is Gustavo Gutierrez’s axiom in A Theology of Liberation: A theology which fails to address the most urgent needs of ordinary people is not worthy of the word “theology.” Proceeding from this insight, this book creates awareness about the relationship between religion, democracy, and development, and aims to strengthen the self-understanding of the church with regard to its responsibilities in the world.
Foreword: Toward a Postcolonial “Inescapable Network of Mutuality”

Gary M. Simpson

Introduction: A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development

Samuel Yonas Deressa and Josh de Keijzer



Part One: Historical Perspectives

1. Church and Development in Post-Colonial Africa: Revisiting African Development Plan and the Theology of Reconstruction through the Lens of the Capabilities Approach

Samuel Yonas Deressa

2. Church and Development in Ethiopia: The Contribution of Gudina Tuma’s Holistic Theology

Samuel Yonas Deressa

3.On Human Flourishing: A Call for Public Responsibility in Contemporary Ethiopian Christianity

Andrew D. DeCort



Part Two: Developmental Perspectives

4. Church and Human Development: An Asian Perspective

Lim Teck Peng

5 The Critical Role of the Church in the Development of Asia

Delfo Canceran, OP



Part Three: Ecclesiastical Perspectives

6. Church and Development in Nigerian Context: Theological Foundation, Practical Appraisal, and Prophetic Call to Action

Ibrahim Bitrus

7. Hospitality and Social Responsibility: the Church in the Age of Globalization

Nestor Ravilas and Wilfredo Laceda

8. On Not Answering the Public Cry for Justice: The Silence of the Ethiopian Evangelical Churches in the Context of National Crisis

Wondimu Sonessa



Part Four: Theological Perspectives

9. The Roles of Religions in Public Theology: An Asian Perspective on the Paradoxes of Religious Violence and Peace

David Thang Moe

10. Justice and Peace will Kiss Each Other (Psalm 85:10b): Integrating the Ethics of Justice and Peace in a Broken World

David Thang Moe

11. To Be Like Christ: Decolonizing Theology for an Incarnational Church

Josh de Keijzer

12. Capitalism as Divine Necessity: Toward A Political Theology of the Cross

Josh de Keijzer

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