TY - BOOK AU - Katongole,Emmanuel TI - The sacrifice of Africa: a political theology for Africa T2 - The Eerdmans Ekklesia series SN - 9780802862686 (paperback : alk. paper) AV - BR1430 .K38 2011 U1 - 261.70967 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - W.B. Eerdmans Pub. KW - Christianity and politics KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - History KW - Political theology N1 - 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 ER -