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Academic Catalog 2018 ORBIS BOOKS ACADEMICACADEMIC CATALOGCATALOG 20182018 p.25 p.21 p.4 p.15 p.11 p.4 p.23 p.4 p.23 p.11 p.21 p.8 CONTENTS AFRICAN STUDIES African Studies . 3. The Journey of African, Christian, African American Studies . .4 Reconciliation Feminist Biblical Studies . 6. Groaning for a New The Enduring Search for Ethics . .8 Creation in Africa What Matters History . 10. Emmanuel Katongole Teresia Mbari Hinga 2017 ∙ 216pp., index December 2017 ∙ 272pp., index Interreligious Studies . .11 978-1-62698-250-5 $30 pb 978-1-62698-249-9 $45 pb Latin American and Latino/a Studies . 13. What does it mean for For the past two decades, Mission Studies . .15 Christians in Africa to Teresia Hinga has been a Peace Studies . .18 receive the gift and in- leading academic voice vitation of reconciliation in the midst of the stub- in the fields of African Christianity, women in Afri- Science and Religion . 19. born realities of war, poverty, and violence? Here, can theology, and gender and ethics in the African Society, Politics, and Religion . 21. Emmanuel Katongole outlines a theological vision of context. Gathered here for the first time are Hinga’s reconciliation as God’s journey with creation—both own selections from her extensive body of work, both Spirituality . .22 gift and mission. He then explores the ecclesiological previously published and unpublished. Revealing the Theology . .22 dimension of reconciliation and provides different breadth and depth of Hinga’s scholarly endeavors, portraits on why and how the church matters for this collection is a valuable resource for scholars and Women’s Studies . .29 reconciliation in Africa. Finally, he draws on stories students, particularly those working at the intersec- Index . 30. of peace activists in Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda to tion of multiple disciplines. illuminate the spiritual and practical disciplines that Teresia Mbari Hinga is associate professor in the reli- sustain those who labor for reconciliation. gious studies department at Santa Clara University. Since 1970 Orbis Books has offered a wide range of titles on contemporary theology, Emmanuel Katongole is founder of the Center for Rec- mission studies, and world religions, Catholicism and Catholic life, prayer and spirituality, onciliation at Duke University and associate profes- church history and current affairs. Orbis books and authors explore the global dimensions sor of theology and peace studies at Notre Dame. HIV & AIDS in of faith, inviting dialogue with diverse cultures and traditions, and serving the cause of Africa reconciliation and peace. The Church We Want Christian Reflection, Public Health, EXAM / DESK REQUESTS African Catholics Look to Social Transformation To determine if a book is suitable for your course an examination copy can be supplied Vatican III Jacquineau Azetsop, editor at a 30% discount (shipping additional) payable in 90 days. Please submit your request Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, 2016 ∙ 448pp., index on OrbisBooks.com, or by email or phone, and include the name of the course, the start editor date, and the approximate enrollment. If you decide to adopt the book for your course 978-1-62698-200-0 $35 pb 2016 ∙ 304pp., index and place an order for 10 or more copies with your bookstore, return the invoice with this 978-1-62698-203-1 $35 pb A comprehensive look at information or email us (include the invoice number) and the account will be credited. the HIV and AIDS pan- Limit: 3 titles. Africa’s theological elders demic in Africa, this important volume features and new and emerging contributions from noted experts from across the If you have already adopted a book for class (10 or more copies ordered) and have not voices together offer analy- continent, and also includes contributions from sev- sis and reflection on what John L. Allen Jr. has called already received a desk copy, please contact us with the details on the course and the eral prominent American scholars. The book offers “the most dynamic corner of the Christian map.” name of the bookstore where the class order was placed. a number of perspectives on the crisis—theological, The volume is invaluable for anyone with an inter- sociological, ecclesiological, public health, and more. est in theological reflection from an African perspec- It is a valuable resource for social analysis and theo- tive, and a necessary resource for theologians and logical reflection from an African perspective. scholars working in a church that is steadily moving Jacquineau Azetsop is associate professor in the its center to the Global South. School of Social Sciences of the Gregorian University PHOTOCOPIES PERMISSIONS AND SUBMISSIONS A. E. Orobator, SJ, is the University College Principal in Rome. For Educational Photocopying (course packs, Please visit OrbisBooks.com for guidelines. at Hekima University College Jesuit School of Theol- handouts) please contact: ogy in Nairobi, Kenya. 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Massingale 2013 ∙ 220pp., index 2010 ∙ 240pp., index and Christian Ethics Theology 978-1-62698-005-1 $25 pb 978-1-57075-776-1 $26 pb Vincent W. Lloyd and The Wal-Martization of “This book should be read Confronting racism is dif- Andrew Prevot T.D. Jakes and by all contemporary theo- ficult but essential work 2017 ∙ 240pp., index the New Black Church logians, ethicists, and those if we are to heal the bro- 978-1-62698-251-2 $26 pb who dare to preach about kenness in our society and Paula L. McGee the relation of the authen- our church. Racial Justice From police violence to Foreword by tic gospel of Jesus Christ to racial concerns.” and the Catholic Church examines the presence of mass incarceration, from Lewis V. Baldwin —Journal of Religion racism in America from its early history through the environmental racism 2017 ∙ 240pp., index Civil Rights Movement and the election of Barack to micro-aggressions, the 978-1-62698-227-7 $25 pb “No one has explored the spiritual world of African Obama. It also explores how Catholic social teaching moral gravity of anti-black racism is attracting broad Americans with the depth or breadth of Cone. Here he “Brilliant and powerful!”—Cornel West has been used—and not used—to promote reconcil- attention. How do Christian ideas, practices, and in- turns his attention to two symbols that dominated not iation and justice. stitutions contribute to today’s struggle for racial jus- T.D. Jakes is a pastor and entrepreneur who presides only the spiritual world but also the daily life of African Massingale writes from an abiding conviction that tice? How do they need to be reimagined in light of over a vast megachurch and business operation. Americans in the twentieth century. In their inextrica- the Catholic faith and the black experience make vital the challenges to white supremacy posed by today’s He has turned the gospel into his own successful ble tie, he finds both the terror and hope that governed contributions in the continuing struggle against ra- movements for racial justice? brand—particularly through product lines such as life under violent racism as well as potent symbols of cial injustice that is the work of all people. His book is With contributions by leading experts such “Woman Thou Art Loosed.” According to Paula Mc- the African American past and present in the United essential reading for all those concerned with justice as Katie Grimes, Santiago Slabodsky, M. Shawn Gee, Jakes is representative of a rising phenomenon, States.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University the New Black Church, a new form of prosperity gos- and healing in our world. Copeland, Kelly Brown Douglas, Elias Ortega- James H. Cone is Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Bryan N. Massingale pel that signifies what she calls the “Wal-Martization” is professor of theological and Aponte, Ashon Crawley, Eboni Marshall Turman, and Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theologi- of religion. Her ideological critique is a vital tool for social ethics at Fordham University in New York. Bryan Massingale, this collection speaks to scholars, cal Seminary in New York. students, activists, and Christians of all races who all who wish to understand the relation between re- believe that black lives matter. ligion and culture. Bestsellers Vincent W. Lloyd is assistant professor of religion at Paula L. McGee is assistant professor of African Syracuse University. American Church Studies at Memphis Theological Also by James H. Cone Also by Kelly Brown Douglas Andrew Prevot Seminary. is assistant professor of theology at A Black Theology of Liberation Sexuality and the Black Church Boston College. (40th Anniv. ed) A Womanist Perspective Stand Your Ground 2012 ∙ 192pp., index 978-1-57075-895-9 $20 pb 978-1-57075-242-1 176pp $18 pb Ecowomanism Black Bodies and Radically reappraises Christian- “One of the most important the Justice of God ity from the perspective of the works by an African-American African American Women oppressed black community in theologian.” —Peter Paris and Earth-Honoring Faiths Kelly Brown Douglas North America.
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