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The sacrifice of Africa : a political theology for Africa / Emmanuel Katongole.

By: Material type: TextSeries: The Eerdmans Ekklesia seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.Description: xii, 203 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802862686 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802862683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.70967
LOC classification:
  • BR 1430 K19s 2011
Contents:
Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrificing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagining social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Africa : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Daring to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of Thomas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc âEla and reimagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, power, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace Village -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankitse and Maison Shalom.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BR 1430 K19s 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000105963

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrificing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagining social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Africa : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Daring to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of Thomas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc âEla and reimagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, power, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace Village -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankitse and Maison Shalom.

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