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The African Enchiridion: 1988-1993

Author : Oseni Ogunu

Publisher :

Page : 920 pages

File Size : 11,65 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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L'unica raccolta completa di documenti, dichiarazioni e interventi dei Vescovi e delle Conferenze episcopali africane (SECAM, AMECEA, IMBISA) a partire dal 1905. La pubblicazione colma un vuoto nella conoscenza e nella valorizzazione dei documenti delle Chiese africane. I 1.200 documenti, in 4 volumi con CD, nelle lingue originali comprendono anche alcuni testi prodotti da Conferenze episcopali di altri Paesi dove è forte la presenza di popolazioni di origine africana. Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali



The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th -6th centuries)

Author : Matthieu Pignot

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 426 pages

File Size : 29,36 MB

Release : 2020-07-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 900443190X

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In The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th-6th centuries) Matthieu Pignot explores how individuals became Christian in ancient North Africa. Before baptism, converts first became catechumens and spent a significant time of gradual integration into the community through rituals and teaching. This book provides the first historical study of this process in African sources, from Augustine of Hippo, to canon of councils, anonymous sermons and 6th-century letters. Pignot shows that practices varied more than is generally assumed and that catechumens, because of their liminal position, were a disputed and essential group in the development of Christian communities until the 6th century at least. This book demonstrates that the catechumenate is key to understanding the processes of Christianisation and conversion in the West.



Theology and Social Issues in Africa

Author : Francis Anekwe Oborji

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 649 pages

File Size : 24,76 MB

Release : 2020-11-22

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1664137343

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The Volume speaks to us from the heart and engages the socio-political concerns in the Nigerian context through the lens of a theological approach. The author reflects historically the numerous consequences of the amalgamation of the ethnic groups of different orientations in Nigeria into one socio-political structure of the colonizers interests. This sociopolitical structure raises several questions than answers it pretends to offer the indigenous people. From a Nigerian point of view, the articles in this volume critically challenge the unjust formation of any nationhood in the Africa context. It points out how the sustenance of an unjust nation formation betrays the creed on which such a nation is established. “Truth conquers all” is the spirit with which this Volume is written. It is the truth that will set a nation like Nigeria free from the spirit of confusion and unperceived religio-socio-political syncretism. The awareness emanating from this volume suggests liberating steps from the unsuspicious colonial interests and the sustained feigned relationship with the colonizers which militate against the socio-political and economic growth, and theological orthodoxy of such a growing nation.







The Joy of the Gospel

Author : Pope Francis

Publisher : Image

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 44,48 MB

Release : 2014-10-07

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0553419544

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The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage



Inculturation and Postcolonial Discourse in African Theology

Author : Edward P. Antonio

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 27,44 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 9780820467351

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What is inculturation? How is it practiced and what is its relationship to colonial and postcolonial discourses? In what ways, if any, does inculturation represent the decolonization of Christianity in Africa? This book explores these questions and argues that inculturation is a species of postcolonial discourse by placing it in the larger context of what has now come to be known as Africanism and by showing how the latter - and through it inculturation itself - fully participates in the history of postcolonial struggles for indigenous self-definition in Africa. The thirteen contributors to this volume represent a group of young scholars from the southern, eastern, and western regions of Africa. They come from different disciplines: theology, philosophy, and biblical studies. Although they take different approaches to the question of inculturation, the fact that they engage it at all is illustrative of the methodological significance of inculturation in African theology.



The Elements in the Medieval World

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Publisher : BRILL

Page : 457 pages

File Size : 38,31 MB

Release : 2024-11-21

Category : History

ISBN : 9004712437

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The fourteen chapters and poem of this volume reflect the centrality of the element Earth in medieval thought and life, a centrality inherited from classical antiquity, and fundamental too in Judaeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. The chapters also reflect the multifarious nature of the ways that Earth was experienced and understood in the Middle Ages. Contributors are Sophie E.D. Abrahams, Daniel Anlezark, Marilina Cesario, Catherine Clarke, James Davis, Stephen J. Davis, Virginia Iommi Echeverría, Andrew Fear, Danielle B. Joyner, Hugh Magennis, Francesco Marzella, Tom C.B. McLeish, Patrick Naeve, Bernard O’Donoghue, Sinéad O’Sullivan, Alexandra Paddock, Elisa Ramazzina, Hannah E. Smithson, Sigbjørn O. Sønnesyn, Sinéad O’Sullivan, and Margaret Tedford.



The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love

Author : Saint Augustine

Publisher : Gateway Editions

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 29,13 MB

Release : 1996-09

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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This work was written by St. Augustine late in his life with the intention of supplying a well-educated Roman layman with a brief but comprehensive exposition of the essential teachings of Christianity. It contains many of his most profound and mature definitions of his thoughts on sin, grace, and predestination, and is regarded as an indispensable guide to Augustinian Christianity.