Catholic social teaching & common good in Africa / Marco Moerschbacher & Elias Opongo, SJ (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moerschbacher, Marco, 1964- editor.

Opongo, Elias Omondi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Christian sociology.

Christian sociology--Africa--Congresses.

Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

183 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Catholic social teaching and common good in Africa

Place of Publication:

Nairobi, Kenya : Paulines Publicatons Africa, 2021.

Summary:

"In 2017 the Research Group for International Church Affairs of the German Bishops' Conference took the initiative to gather practitioners and experts of Catholic social teaching in Africa in order to look at the picture given by the impact of the Catholic social teaching on society. The diverse collection of articles in the book are a result of an international conference held in Nairobi, and seek to answer a number of questions related to the Catholic social teaching and how the latter can be applied to varying contextual exigencies in Africa" -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

0. Keynote address. The relevance, impact and challenges of Catholic social teaching in Africa / Mgr Fulgence Muteba

1. Methodological issue. Solidarity and the common good in politics in Africa : perception and pitfall of cultural and contextual particularities / Joseph Komakoma

A contested engagement : discussing the Church's political engagement in Africa from the perspective of the sacramental theology of Edward Schillebeeckx / John Bosco Kamoga, Cssp

2. Catholic social teaching and the relation of church and state in Africa. Growth and challenges of democracy in Africa : the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo / Rigobert Minani Bihuzo, SJ

Leadership formation in Africa : foundation for the promotion of the common good / George Ehusani

3. Contexts of Catholic social teaching in Africa. The role of the laity in the church and society : response to the current challenges in family, schools and society in Africa / Elizabeth Nduku

Spiritual reflections on the social doctrine of the Church for the ministerial priesthood / Raymond Bernard Goudjo

4. Global challenges and the congruence of faith and action in church and society. Religions and sustainable development : new trends and insights in international politics / Daniel Legutke

Common good advocacy against systematic marginalization in Africa / Chika Onyejiuwa, CSSp

Laudato sí : the ecology of Pope Francis / Johan de Tavernier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789966602336

996660233X

OCLC:

1374499546