A church for the world : the church's role in fostering democracy and sustainable development /: the church's role in fostering democracy and sustainable development. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Samuel Yonas Deressa, Josh de Keijzer.
• Editors: Deressa, Samuel Yonas; Keijzer, Josh de, 1965-
• Contents: Foreword: Toward a Postcolonial “Inescapable Network of Mutuality” ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Gary M. Simpson ; ; Introduction: A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">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 ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Samuel Yonas Deressa ; ; 2. Church and Development in Ethiopia: The Contribution of Gudina Tuma’s Holistic Theology ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Samuel Yonas Deressa ; ; 3.On Human Flourishing: A Call for Public Responsibility in Contemporary Ethiopian Christianity ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Andrew D. DeCort ; ; ; ; Part Two: Developmental Perspectives ; ; 4. Church and Human Development: An Asian Perspective ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Lim Teck Peng ; ; 5 The Critical Role of the Church in the Development of Asia ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Delfo Canceran, OP ; ; ; ; Part Three: Ecclesiastical Perspectives ; ; 6. Church and Development in Nigerian Context: Theological Foundation, Practical Appraisal, and Prophetic Call to Action ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Ibrahim Bitrus ; ; 7. Hospitality and Social Responsibility: the Church in the Age of Globalization ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">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 ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">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 ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">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 ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">David Thang Moe ; ; 11. To Be Like Christ: Decolonizing Theology for an Incarnational Church ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Josh de Keijzer ; ; 12. Capitalism as Divine Necessity: Toward A Political Theology of the Cross ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Josh de Keijzer ; ; About the Contributors
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 261.85; Church and the world; Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Sustainable development -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978710788
• Related ISBNs: 9781978710771
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