Res­to­ring Life in Christ

Dia­lo­gues of Care in Chris­ti­an Com­mu­ni­ties An Af­ri­can Per­spec­ti­ve This book is the fruit of a team’s work, a joint ven­ture bet­ween scho­lars and pas­tors from South and North. The mem­bers of the pro­ject group have been two Tan­z­a­ni­an scho­lars, Rev Eme­line Ndos­si and Dr Lechion Pe­ter Ki­mi­li­ke from Ma­ku­m­i­ra Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege and two Nor­we­gi­an scho­lars, Dr Leif Gun­nar En­ge­dal, MF Nor­we­gi­an School of Theo­lo­gy and Rev Dr Oy­vind M. Eide, The School of Mis­si­on and Theo-logy. This book is about the Chris­ti­an mi­nis­try of pas­to­ral care and coun­sel­ling. The aim of the book is to give sup­port to an­yo­ne in­vol­ved in the mi­nis­try of res­to­ring what is bro­ken in Chris­ti­an com­mu­ni­ties in Af­ri­ca. If this he­al­ing is to take place, faith and mes­sa­ge must be con­scious of the ques­ti­ons, va­lues, fe­ars and aspi­ra­ti­ons which do­mi­na­te the life and thought of wo­men and men the­re. We have opted for the con­cept of hos­pi­ta­li­ty. This con­cept re­la­tes to a ba­sic cha­rac­te­ristic in Af­ri­can an­thro­po­lo­gy and to one of the most cru­cial cha­rac­te­ristics of Chris­ti­an spi­ri­tu­al life.