The Face of Africa: Looking Beyond the Shadows

by Stan Chu Ilo

Overview

"A technical insight to Africa's development." -- United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva "This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values." --Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria "A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher." --Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland "This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa." --Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto "This is a bold attempt at contextual theology." --Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa "Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come." --Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach "A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent." --Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725232488
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	12/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	75 MB
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About the Author

Stan Chu Ilo is an assistant professor of Religion and Education and Director of Field Education at University of St Michael's College,in the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a visiting professor on African religious history and Mission studies at the International Leadership University, Bujumbura, Burundi. He is the founder and Director of the Canadian Samaritans for Africa, and one of the editors of the African Christian Studies Series at Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Stan Chu Ilo is a research professor of World Christianity and African Studies at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, DePaul University, Chicago, USA. He is the author of A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of Pope Francis, and editor of Handbook of African Catholicism (2022). He coordinates the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A technical insight to Africa's development."
— United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

"This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values."
—Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria

"A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher."
—Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland

"This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa."
—Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto

"This is a bold attempt at contextual theology."
—Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa

"Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come."
—Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach

"A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent."
—Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

Editorial Reviews

"A technical insight to Africa's development."
— United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

"This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values."
—Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria

"A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher."
—Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland

"This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa."
—Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto

"This is a bold attempt at contextual theology."
—Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa

"Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come."
—Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach

"A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent."
—Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

From the Publisher