African liberation theology : intergenerational conversations on Eritrea's futures / Ghirmai Negash & Awet T. Weldemichael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Negash, Ghirmai, author.

Weldemichael, Awet Tewelde, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Eritrea.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church. Catholic Bishops of Eritrea.

Catholic Church--Pastoral letters and charges.

Postcolonialism.

Church and social problems.

Social justice.

Liberation theology.

Church and state.

Eritrea.

Church and state--Eritrea.

Liberation theology--Eritrea.

Social justice--Eritrea--Religious aspects.

Social justice--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Church and social problems--Eritrea.

Church and social problems--Catholic Church.

Postcolonialism--Eritrea.

Genre:

Pastoral letters and charges.

Physical Description:

135 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton : The Red Sea Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This book presents the phenomenon and relevance of Latin America-born Liberation Theology in the African postcolony of Eritrea. The authors describe the advent, context, and significance of Liberation Theology by historicizing and revisiting the global role of the Catholic Church and its stances on social justice in different places and historical times. Throughout the book, the authors engage in deep intergenerational conversations to unpack--and in the process understand--the stances of the Eritrean Catholic Church on the evolving sociopolitical and economic conditions in Eritrea since independence in 1991. They critically examine the country's variegated path to its current state and invoke visionary legacies of Eritrean and African intellectuals and spiritual leaders in search for answers to the complex questions of democracy, nationalism, and identity. Consisting of four chapters, the book provides fresh perspectives on what it takes to initiate critical, constructive, and intergenerational dialogue so essential in the contemporary reality of the African postcolony, in general, and Eritrea, in particular."--Publisher's summary.

Contents:

Introduction / Awet T. Weldemichael and Ghirmai Negash

The Catholic Church : a lone voice? / Awet T. Weldemichael

The priests have spoken : beginnings of liberation theology in Eritrea? / Ghirmai Negash

From the mountaintop to the edges of the precipice : an African postcolonial story / Awet T. Weldemichael

'Who, then, do we desire to be?' : opening conversations on Eritrea's possible futures / Ghirmai Negash.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Catholic Church. Catholic Bishops of Eritrea. Where is your brother?

ISBN:

9781569025864

156902586X

9781569025871

1569025878

OCLC:

1015276132