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Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace

A. E. Orobator

9781570759161

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23/6/2011

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This book addresses the theme of the Second African Synod Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in the wider context of globalization, inculturation, post-modernity, and pertinent socio-economic and political factors that shape the contemporary church and society in Africa. The 20 contributors represent a variety of disciplines and some of the issues discussed include:

Ecclesiology and the challenges of reconciliation, justice and peace in the context of crises, conflict, and poverty

Reconciliation, justice, and peace in Scripture, small Christian communities, and the church

Corruption, democratic principles, and governance

Integrity of the earth: environment, ecology, natural resources, and the church in Africa

The role of the Catholic Church in the public sphere

Women, leadership, and the theology of the church

Gender justice in the church and in African society

Interreligious dialogue (Christianity, Islam, and African Religion)

The challenge and ethics of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J., is a Nigerian Jesuit priest, the Provincial of the Eastern African Province of the Society of Jesus, and lecturer at Hekima College Jesuit School of Theology, Nairobi, Kenya. He is the author of Theology Brewed in an African Pot and of three books published in Africa by Pauline Media. A keynoter at the 2010 Society of Christian Ethics meeting, he writes and speaks worldwide on ethical and theological issues in church, religion, and society in Africa.