The Church We Want: Foundations, Theology and Mission of the Church in Africa
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Foundations, Theology and Mission of the Church in Africa --- The output of research and scholarship on the theology of the Church in Africa has not matched the mandate of the synod to “work out the theology of the Church-as-Family with all the riches contained in this concept” (Ecclesia in Africa no. 63). This volume fills this gap by presenting incisive analyses, models, and portraits of the Church in Africa from diverse historical, theological, ecumenical, cultural, and contemporary perspectives and contexts. It builds on the previous volume by gathering many past contributors in a community of theological scholarship that engages in conservation as an ongoing process of maturation of thought, broadening of vision, and deepening of reflection.
ISBN
9966-08-933-0
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Paulines Publications Africa
City
Nairobi
Disciplines
Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction. On the church we want / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
PART ONE. THE AFRICAN CHURCH IN THE VISION OF POPE FRANCIS
The church of Pope Francis: an ecclesiology of accountability, accompaniment, and action / Stan Chu Ilo
"He who wants cows mus sleep like a cow": the Bishop in the church of Pope Francis / Bishop Antoine Kambanda
The African Bishop in the pastoral programme of Pope Francis / Bishop Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga
Reviving a church of the poor and for the poor and reclaiming faith doing justice and seeking liberation: convergence between Pope Francis and Jean-Marc Ela / Bioenvenu Mayemba
The Bishop i the church of Pope Francis: lessons from Evangelii Gaudium / Bishop Lesanu-Christos Matheos
Small Christian communities (SCCs) as domestic church in the context of African ecclesiology / Joseph G. Healey
PART TWO. SCRIPTURAL, THEOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIOLNS OF THE CHURCH
Becoming the church of the New Testament / Teresa Okure
Old Testament sources of a branded African ecclesiology / Paul Béré
Born-again in Africa: African spirituality refounding the Church / Laurenti Magasa
African spirituality for a new Ecclesia in Africa / Anne Arabome
Church as family or family as church? / Aloyse-Raymond Ndiaye
Family as church, pillar of the church as family / Eugénie Rokhaya Aw-Ndiaye
PART THREE. ECCLESIA OF WOMEN AND THE CHURCH IN AFRICA
Milestones in achieving a more incisive feminine presence in the church of Pope Francis / Josée Ngalula
Of coffins and churches: seven marks of an emerging African ecclesiology / Emmanuel Katongole
The Ecclesia women want in Africa: some challenges / Alison Munro
The church we want: Ecclesia of Women in Africa? / Marguerite Akossi-Mvongo
Reflections by a lay theologian on the complementary ministries of the ordained and laity in the church in Africa / Simon Mary Asese A. Aihiokhai
Women in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC) / Haregewoin Cherinet
PART FOUR. THE CHURCH IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL CONTEXTS
Facing the crisis: on the continent, in the church: an ecclesiology for an Africa in distress / Anthony Egan
A nomadic church and an extended family of God at the service of all / Deogratias M. Rwezaura
An ecclesiology for Africa in distress: time to change our pastoral strategy / Elias O. Opongo
A theology of Christian unity for the church in Africa / Elochukwu Uzukwu
How African are African instituted churches?: the ecclesiology of African-instituted churches / Philomena Njeri Mwaura
Treasures from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahedo Church / Daniel Assefa
Conclusion: theology at the service of Ecclesia in Africa: a voice from the circle of concerned African women theologians / Mercy Amba Oduyoye
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