Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith(Conversations in Global Anglican Theology)

The first of an exciting new series, Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith explores the impact of questions of faith across the Anglican Communion.  Featuring contributions by a diverse group of theologians from the North and South, including Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Paul Ueti, and Simon Ro Chul Lai, the Conversations in Global Anglican Theology series addresses the most pressing questions facing the churches of the Anglican Communion. From classical issues such as the imagio dei and atonement theology to contemporary challenges such as interfaith relations and the interaction of church and state, the series features thought-provoking essays by established and emerging scholars. Edited by Michael Battle, a leading Anglican thought leader, the first volume in the series, Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith, features the voices of non-Western thinkers, long silenced in mainstream Anglican discourse, including Archbishop Thabo Makgoba and Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin.  Each contributor brings a unique perspective to the question of faith, but all confront this central dilemma:  How can we enable authentic conversations around the practice of faith in a global context in which many theologians and spiritual leaders in the Global South are often relegated to working in a ministry or a social justice context? How can contemplation and reflection nurture social action?   Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith is a paradigm shifting contribution.  

About the Author :
Michael Battle is the Extraordinary Professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and formerly taught at General Theological Seminary in New York where he was the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later given one of the highest Anglican Church distinctions as “Six Preacher,” by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Battle has published nine books, including Reconciliation: the Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, and Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me. He lives in Knightdale, North Carolina. Thandi Gamedze is a post-doc fellow at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. She has researched churches as educational sites and was a contributor to Relentless Love: Living Out Integral Mission to Combat Poverty, Injustice and Conflict by Graham Joseph Hill. Thandi lives in Cape Town, South Africa.   Stephen Spencer is the Advisor on Theological Education in the Anglican Communion and Lambeth Conference Implementation. He is Canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania, and was the Link Officer for the diocesan Companion Link with the Dioceses of Mara, Rorya, and Tarime in Tanzania when he was in the Diocese of Leeds. Stephen lives in Tanzania.   Rose Hudson Wilkin is the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury. A former member of the General Synod of the Church of England, she has also represented the Church of England at the World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe and Brazil. She was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Commission as well. Rose lives in Canterbury, England.   Simon Chul Lai Ro is the Dean of the Graduate School of Theology at Sungkonghoe University in South Korea, and he is in charge of their Centre for Chaplaincy Studies. He was the port chaplain at The Mission to Seafarers in Busan, South Korea and Yokohama, Japan. Ro is a member of the Anglican Seminary Deans' Network, as well as the Asia Theological Accompaniment Programme, organized by the United Society Partners in the Gospel. He lives in Bucheon, South Korea.   Henry Mbaya is a professor in the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is an Anglican priest and his research is focused on the Anglican Church’s missionary approach to African culture between the 19th to 21st centuries. He lives in South Africa.   Thokozile J. Mbaya is a Ph.D. Student at VID Specialized University in Stavanger, Norway. Her current research is focused on investigating the role of the Anglican Church in addressing sexual health challenges in Cape Town (SA) communities. Thokozile lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Thabo Makgoba is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. He is the Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape and has been a panelist and discussion leader at multiple World Economic Forums. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.   Wilhelm Verwoerd is a senior researcher and facilitator at the Center for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, and is the author of Verwoerd: My Journey Through Family Betrayals. He lives in South Africa.

Review :
“A book like this is itself an act of faith.” “This volume is a vibrant and unexpected convocation of voices from three continents and multiple cultures in which Anglicanism is indigenized. It is essential reading for my Anglican students, helpful for anyone who wishes to comprehend the beautiful and challenging variety of contemporary Anglican faith.” “This important book and series promises not just to challenge western dominance in Anglican theological discourse in theory, but to model alternative ways of doing theology centered in the Global South in practice. Its specific and deep (but not exclusive) connection with South Africa makes this more than an abstraction, and uses the inspiring and liberative experience of that place and the Church there as a concrete example of how Anglican theology, and the core notion of Communion itself, may be renewed.”  “This is the first volume of what promises to… a worthwhile and timely series.”