Barclay Press :: Justice & Compassion :: Reconciling All Things

By Emmanuel Katongole

The state of the world today is one of geopolitical crisis and warfare, of ethnic and tribal conflict, of struggling families and traumatized children, of environmental exploitation and degradation. Societies are split over the issues of class, religion, politics, socioeconomic power, race and access to resources. Nations continue to face atrocities of slavery, exploitation and genocide. In short, our world cries out for reconciliation.

But mere conflict resolution is not enough. What makes reconciliation possible? How is it that some people are able to forgive the most horrendous of evils? And what role does God play in these stories? Does reconciliation make any sense apart from the biblical story of redemption?

Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, co-directors of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School, cast a vision for reconciliation that is biblical, transformative and holistic, helping Christians imagine a new creation in their everyday lives. They draw on the resources of the Christian story, including their own individual experiences in Uganda and Mississippi, to bring solid, theological reflection to bear on the work of reconciling individuals, groups and societies. The recover distinctively Christian practices that will help the church be both a sign and an agent of God's reconciling love in the fragmented world of the twenty-first century.

RECONCILING ALL THINGS
by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice

Details

SKU KAT00REC

Weight 0.50 lbs

Author's First Name Emmanuel

Author's Last Name Katongole

Co-author Chris Rice

ISBN 978-0830834518

Binding Type paper

Page Count 165

Publisher InterVarsity Press

Publication Date November 30, 2008

Size 8.1 x 5.3