The sacrifice of Africa : a political theology for Africa /
Emmanuel Katongole.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.
- xii, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
- The Eerdmans Ekklesia series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrificing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagining social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Africa : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Daring to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of Thomas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc Éla and reimagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, power, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace Village -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankitse and Maison Shalom.