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A Church for the World: The Church's Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development
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.
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A Church for the World: The Church's Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development
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.
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A Church for the World: The Church's Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development
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.
Samuel Yonas Deressa is assistant professor of theology and Global South at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota.Josh de Keijzer (PhD Systematic Theology, Luther Seminary) is the author of Bonhoeffer's Theology of the Cross: The Influence of Luther in "Act and Being".
Table of Contents
Foreword: Toward a Postcolonial “Inescapable Network of Mutuality”Gary M. SimpsonIntroduction: A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable DevelopmentSamuel Yonas Deressa and Josh de KeijzerPart One: Historical Perspectives1. Church and Development in Post-Colonial Africa: Revisiting African Development Plan and the Theology of Reconstruction through the Lens of the Capabilities ApproachSamuel Yonas Deressa2. Church and Development in Ethiopia: The Contribution of Gudina Tuma’s Holistic TheologySamuel Yonas Deressa3.On Human Flourishing: A Call for Public Responsibility in Contemporary Ethiopian ChristianityAndrew D. DeCortPart Two: Developmental Perspectives4. Church and Human Development: An Asian PerspectiveLim Teck Peng5 The Critical Role of the Church in the Development of AsiaDelfo Canceran, OPPart Three: Ecclesiastical Perspectives6. Church and Development in Nigerian Context: Theological Foundation, Practical Appraisal, and Prophetic Call to Action Ibrahim Bitrus7. Hospitality and Social Responsibility: the Church in the Age of Globalization Nestor Ravilas and Wilfredo Laceda8. On Not Answering the Public Cry for Justice: The Silence of the Ethiopian Evangelical Churches in the Context of National CrisisWondimu SonessaPart Four: Theological Perspectives9. The Roles of Religions in Public Theology: An Asian Perspective on the Paradoxes of Religious Violence and PeaceDavid Thang Moe10. Justice and Peace will Kiss Each Other (Psalm 85:10b): Integrating the Ethics of Justice and Peace in a Broken WorldDavid Thang Moe11. To Be Like Christ: Decolonizing Theology for an Incarnational ChurchJosh de Keijzer12. Capitalism as Divine Necessity: Toward A Political Theology of the CrossJosh de KeijzerAbout the Contributors