Reconciliation, Forgiveness And Violence In Africa

this volume contains a variety of rich and challenging essays that contribute to the wider discourse on public theology on the african continent as it relates to reconciliation, forgiveness, violence and human dignity.

Len Hansen (Series Editor, Beyers Naud Centre for Public Theology Series)

Associate Professor of New Testament and Chair of the Department of Old and New Testament at Stellenbosch University. Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology, and Director of the Beyers Naud Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University. Professor of Practical Theology and Head of the Unit for Reconciliation and Justice in the Beyers Naud Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.

list of contributors

foreword

Len Hansen

introduction

Marius J. Nel, Dion A. Forster & Christo H. Thesnaar

1. matthew's reconfiguring of salvation in a context of oppression

Marius J. Nel

2. conquering evil: engaging violence from the perspective of paul's letter to the romans

Endale Sebsebe Mekonnen

3. the reconciliation of lepers in luke 5:12-15 and its implications for human dignity: an african perspective

Godwin Etukumana

4. towards an (im)possible politics of forgiveness? considering the complexities of religion, race and politics in south africa

Dion A Forster

5. jesus within the genres of the human: sylvia wynter, african philosophy, and post-colonial conceptions of the not nonviolent resistance of jesus

Alease Brown

6. lessons from mr. noki: empire, structural violence and the missio dei

Jaco Botha

7. transferring frozen conflict to future generations: in search of a contextual pastoral approach

CH Thesnaar

8. reconciliation in the burundi crisis: a practical theological approach

Benaya Niyukuri

9. the praxis of reconciliation among religious groups in northern nigeria: a pastoral care approach

Oholiabs D Tuduks

10. transforming (christian) apartheid

Wilhelm Verwoerd