The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life

Stan Chu Ilo · Joseph Ogbonnaya · Alex Ojacor

Nov 2012 · James Clarke & Co

About this ebook

At once prophetic, pastoral, and personal, this book applies the symbols of "salt" and "light" as ecclesiological images for reimaging the African Church for today and tomorrow. The proposal of this book is to reconsider the path towards abundant life for God's people in the challenging context of African continent, and through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors stress the necessity of de-Westernizing African Christianity and ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? What positive imprint is Christianity leaving on the lives and societies of African Christians? Does the Christian message have the potential of positively affecting African civilization as it once did in Europe? What is the relevance and place of African Christianity as a significant voice in shaping both the future of Africa and that of world Christianity?

About the author

Stan Chu Ilo is Assistant Professor of Religion and Education, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Joseph Ogbonnaya is a scholar at the Lonergan Research Institute, Regis College, Toronto, and chaplain of the Igbo Catholic Community of Toronto. Alex Ojacor is a professor of Religion and Associate Dean of Studies at St. Mary’s National Major Seminary Ggaba in Kampala.