The sacrifice of Africa : a political theology for Africa /
Katongole, Emmanuel., 1960-
The sacrifice of Africa : a political theology for Africa / Emmanuel Katongole. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2011. - xii, 203 p. ; 23 cm. - The Eerdmans Ekklesia series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrificing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagining social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Africa : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Daring to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of Thomas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc la and reimagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, power, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace Village -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankitse and Maison Shalom.
9780802862686 (pbk) 0802862683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010023292
Christianity and politics--History.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Political theology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
BR1430 / .K38 2011
AFR 261.7096 Kat 2011 c.2
The sacrifice of Africa : a political theology for Africa / Emmanuel Katongole. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2011. - xii, 203 p. ; 23 cm. - The Eerdmans Ekklesia series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrificing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagining social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Africa : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Daring to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of Thomas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc la and reimagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, power, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace Village -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankitse and Maison Shalom.
9780802862686 (pbk) 0802862683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010023292
Christianity and politics--History.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Political theology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
BR1430 / .K38 2011
AFR 261.7096 Kat 2011 c.2