Reconciliation, justice, and peace :  the Second African Synod / 
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, editor. 
 - Maryknoll, N.Y. :  Orbis Books,  c2011. 
 - xi, 259 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781570759161 (pbk.) 1570759162 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010051006 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Congresses.--Africa
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>African Synod Rome, Italy)  2009 :  (2nd : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Congresses.<br/>Christian sociology--Congresses.--Africa
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1675.A1  / A34 2009z 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.8096