The courage to hope : the roots for a new vision and the calling of the church in Africa /

Kobia, Samuel.

The courage to hope : the roots for a new vision and the calling of the church in Africa / by Samuel Kobia. - Geneva : WCC Publications, c2003. - xi, 218 p. ; 21 cm. - Risk book series ; no. 102 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-218)

Introduction -- The home of humanity -- The dilemma and dreams of Pan-Africanism -- Migration of the European nation-state in Africa -- The crisis of conscience -- Human dignity and modernity in Africa -- Reconstruction and renaissance -- Ecumenical and ethical imperatives -- Torments of death and rebirth of the spirit -- Ecu-space and the sanctuary of life -- Fighting poverty.

2825413887 (paperback)

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Christianity--Africa.
Church and social problems--Africa.


Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-

BR1360 / .K63 2003

AFR 261.8096 Kob 2003