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Reconciliation, justice, and peace : the Second African Synod / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, editor. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2011. - xi, 259 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the Synod as ecclesial conversation / Church-family of God : the place of God's reconciliation, justice, and peace / On speaking terms : African religion and Christianity in dialogue / Language, politics, and religious dialogue : the case of Kiswahili in Eastern Africa / The word of God as transformative power in reconciling African Christians / Small Christian communities : promoters of reconciliation, justice, and peace in Eastern Africa / Inventing creative approaches to complex systems of injustice : a new call for a vigilant and engaged church / Toward a new social configuration? The role of the Catholic Church in the public sphere / Governance beyond rhetoric : the South African challenge to the African Synod / Agent of reconciliation, justice, and peace : the church in Africa in an era of globalization / "Woman, you are set free!" Women and discipleship in the church / Come, let us talk this over : on the condition of women religious in the church / The African Synod for those of us who stayed at home / Theology, ecology, and Africa : no longer strange bedfellows / "Let us first feed the children" (Mark 7:27) : the church's response to the inequitable extraction of resources and related violence / The enduring scourge of poverty and evangelization in Africa / The Second African Synod and AIDS in Africa / Moving beyond the condom debate / Africa and the challenge of foreign religious/ethical ideologies, viruses, and pathologies / The scourge of corruption : the need for transparency and accountability / Epilogue : a balancing act : facing the challenge of implementing the directions of the Second African Synod / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator -- Teresa Okure -- Laurenti Magesa -- Festo Mkenda -- Paul B�er�e -- Joseph G. Healey -- Elias Omondi Opongo -- Yvon Christian Elenga -- Anthony Egan -- Odomaro Mubangizi -- Anne Arabome -- Ngozi Frances Uti -- David Kaulem -- Peter Knox -- Peter Kanyandago -- Nathaniel Yaovi So�ed�e -- Michael Czerny -- Paterne-Auxence Momb�e -- Paulinus I. Odozor -- Gabriel Mmassi -- Peter J. Henriot.

ISBN: 9781570759161 (pbk.) 1570759162 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010051006

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Congresses.--Africa

Subjects--Meeting Names:
African Synod Rome, Italy) 2009 : (2nd :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Congresses.
Christian sociology--Congresses.--Africa

LC Class. No.: BX1675.A1 / A34 2009z

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8096