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A church for the world : the church's role in fostering democracy and sustainable development / edited by Samuel Yonas Deressa and Josh de Keijzer ; foreword by Gary M. Simpson.

Contributor(s): Deressa, Samuel Yonas [editor.] | Keijzer, Josh de, 1965- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, Lexington Books is an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]Description: xix, 263 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781978710771; 1978710771; 9781978710795; 1978710798Subject(s): Church and the world | Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Sustainable development -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityLOC classification: BR115.W6 | C5645 2020Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword: Toward a postcolonial "inescapable network of mutuality" -- Church and development in postcolonial Africa : revisiting African development plan and the theology of reconstruction through the lens of the capabilities approach / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- Church and development in Ethiopia : the contribution of Gudina Tuma's holistic theology / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- On human flourishing : a call for public responsibility in contemporary Ethiopian Christianity / Andrew D. DeCort -- Church and human developmentc: an Asian perspective / Lim Teck Peng -- The critical role of the church in the development of Asia / Delfo C. Canceran, OP -- Church and development in Nigerian context: theological foundation, practical appraisal, and prophetic call to action / Ibrahim Bitrus -- Hospitality and social responsibility : the church in the age of globalization / Nestor M. Ravilas, Wilfredo A. Laceda -- On not answering the public cry for justice : the silence of the Ethiopian evangelical churches in the context of national crisis / Wondima Legesse Sonessa -- The roles of religions in public theology : an Asian perspective on the paradoxes of religious violence and peace / David Thang Moe -- Justice and peace kiss each other (Psalm 85:10b) : integrating the ethics of justice and peace in the world of injustice and violence / David Thang Moe -- To be like Christ : decolonizing theology for an incarnational church / Josh de Keijzer - Capitalism as divine necessity : toward a political theology of the cross / Josh de Keijzer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Toward a postcolonial "inescapable network of mutuality" -- Church and development in postcolonial Africa : revisiting African development plan and the theology of reconstruction through the lens of the capabilities approach / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- Church and development in Ethiopia : the contribution of Gudina Tuma's holistic theology / Samuel Yonas Deressa -- On human flourishing : a call for public responsibility in contemporary Ethiopian Christianity / Andrew D. DeCort -- Church and human developmentc: an Asian perspective / Lim Teck Peng -- The critical role of the church in the development of Asia / Delfo C. Canceran, OP -- Church and development in Nigerian context: theological foundation, practical appraisal, and prophetic call to action / Ibrahim Bitrus -- Hospitality and social responsibility : the church in the age of globalization / Nestor M. Ravilas, Wilfredo A. Laceda -- On not answering the public cry for justice : the silence of the Ethiopian evangelical churches in the context of national crisis / Wondima Legesse Sonessa -- The roles of religions in public theology : an Asian perspective on the paradoxes of religious violence and peace / David Thang Moe -- Justice and peace kiss each other (Psalm 85:10b) : integrating the ethics of justice and peace in the world of injustice and violence / David Thang Moe -- To be like Christ : decolonizing theology for an incarnational church / Josh de Keijzer - Capitalism as divine necessity : toward a political theology of the cross / Josh de Keijzer.

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