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New book published - 'African Public Theology' this is a BIG one!

Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 8:39AM

African Public Theology launch announcement April 2020

UPDATE! I am pleased to let you know that as of today the book is available for sale all around the world! It is amazing value for an incredible book - 430 pages, 30 chapters, and at less than US$15 (R350 in South Africa).

You can purchase your copy here:

South Africa - CLF

International - Amazon

From the publisher - Langham Publishing

Original post below:

Yesterday we received the wonderful news that our new book ‘African Public Theology’ was published by Langham Partnership: Hippo Books!

This is one of the most important projects that I have participated in to date. Professors Sunday Agang, Jurgens Hendriks, and I are the editors of the volume (448 pages). It is the first comprehensive ‘African Public Theology’ with contributions from Academics and Expert Practitioners throughout Africa (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, to name a few).

I am so grateful to each of the authors, and to our fellow editors, and particularly to the wonderful team at Langham (in particular Isobel Stevenson). Here is a list of chapters and contributors, and the details for the book that will soon be for sale on Amazon, Google Books, Apple Books, and of course the publisher website (in both print and Digital formats). The cost of the book is extremely affordable for a 450 page book! So, if you buy just one book for yourself, or as a gift for a loved one, this may be a great choice!

https://langhamliterature.org

African Public Theology

Editors: Sunday Bobai Agang, Dion A. Forster, and H. Jurgens Hendriks

ISBN: 9781783687664 Imprint: HippoBooks Format: Paperback Page Count: 448pp

Available: April 2020

Table of Contents

Foreword – Samuel Waje Kunhiyop (Nigeria) Preface – Sunday Bobai Agang (Nigeria)

PART 1: Introduction to Public Theology

1 The Need for Public Theology in Africa – Sunday Bobai Agang (Nigeria)
2 The Nature of Public Theology – Dion A. Forster (South Africa)
3 The Bible and Public Theology – Hassan Musa (Nigeria)
4 The Trinity and Public Theology – Tersur Aben (Nigeria)
5 Public Theology and Identity – H. Jurgens Hendriks (South Africa)

PART 2: Public Theology and Public Life

6 Democracy, Citizenship and Civil Society – Jane Adhiambo Chiroma (Kenya)
7 Work – Sunday Bobai Agang (Nigeria)
8 Economics – Piet Naude (South Africa)
9 Poverty – Collium Banda (Zimbabwe)
10 Rural Community Development – Olo Ndukwe (Nigeria)
11 Education – Samuel Peni Ango (Nigeria) and Ester Rutoro (Zimbabwe)
12 The Environment – Ernst Conradie (South Africa)
13 Science – Danie Veldsman (South Africa)
14 Health – Daniel Rikichi Kajang (Nigeria)
15 Human Rights – Kajit J. Bagu (John Paul) (Nigeria)
16 Gender – Esther Mombo (Kenya)
17 Migration and Human Trafficking – Babatunde Adedibu (Nigeria)
18 Refugees and Stateless People – Benaya Niyukuri (Burundi)
19 Interfaith Relations – Johnson A. Mbillah (Ghana)
20 The State – Theodros Assefa Teklu (Ethiopia)
21 Police and Armed Forces – Sipho Mahokoto (South Africa)
22 Land Issues – Dwight S. M. Mutonono (Zimbabwe)
23 The Media – Bimbo Fafowora (Nigeria) and Rahab N. Nyaga (Kenya)
24 The Arts – Ofonime and Idaresit Inyang (Nigeria)
25 Leadership – Maggie Madimbo (Malawi)
26 Intergenerational Issues – Nathan Hussaini Chiroma (Nigeria)

PART 3: Public Theology and the Church

27 Christianity and the Church in Africa – Matthew Michael (Nigeria)
28 Mobilizing the Church in Africa – Alfred Sebahene (Tanzania)

Endorsements

Though there are thirty authors from different backgrounds and disciplines, there is unity of purpose, clarity and continuity in this highly readable book. African Public Theology is one of the most important theological books to come out of Africa in 2020 and should be a pacesetter for future African theologies.

SAMUEL WAJE KUNHIYOP, PhD

Former General Secretary, Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Author, African Christian Ethics and African Christian Theology

The writers seek to discover how the church can truly be light and salt, heralding transformation and change. This is essential reading for all theological colleges and concerned Christians.

THE MOST REV BENJAMIN A. KWASHI, DMin

Bishop of Jos, Nigeria General Secretary, Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)

You can download some more information about this book here.

Dr Dion Forster

On Human Dignity: Trump's 'Sh*t hole' countries and the dignity of human persons

Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 8:20AM

This week the President of the United States, Donald Trump, named African countries (among others) as ‘shit holes’.

It was another expression of his prejudiced and racist views.

You can read about it on various news sources. Here is a link to the VOX report: https://www.vox.com/2018/1/11/16880750/trump-immigrants-shithole-countries-norway

I am grateful to be born in one of the countries that he calls a ‘shit hole’. In fact, I am thoroughly, thankfully, and proudly African! While I could not choose to be born in Africa, I guess that I just got lucky!

But that doesn’t mean I am better (or worse) than any other person. How can geography possibly constitute a valid measurement of the value of the human life? That is simply nonsense.

Mr Trump would do well to reflect on the words of Steve Biko:

‘The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial and military look but the great gift still has to come from Africa – giving the world a more human face.’

- Steve Biko

So, in today’s VLOG I muse about the different ways in which people value one another.

I share some ideas on how we might approach the dignity of the human person that is not linked to inadequate sources like geography, nationality, race, wealth, ability etc.

Thanks for watching! As always, I would love to hear your comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback and questions!