Advocacy organizations and collective action
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Item UNVEILING DEPRESSION IN WOMEN A Practical Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Depression(Fleming H. Revell, 2002-02-20) Archibald Hart, Ph.D.; Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.Chances are, you’ve been touched by depression in some way. It’s an epidemic, after all, especially among women and children. In fact, every fourth woman around you has the potential for becoming seriously depressed; if you’re that woman, you only have a one in three chance of get- ting the help you really need. Too many women will suf- fer alone unnecessarily, hoping somehow they'll snap out of it.Item African Women, Religion, and Health(Orbis Books, 2006-08-28) Mercy Amba Ewudziwa OduyoyeThe cabinet drawer was stuck, and for all her violent shak- ing, pulling and straining, Mercy could not release the stuck drawer. So in sheer exasperation she did the next best thing and headed for the hammer and axe. Filled with determi- nation, she was ready to shatter the drawer, when her helper intervened with the Ga words, malaka-le. The words malaka- Je can be translated to mean “coaxing” or almost “encour- aging through gentle tapping.”’ So Richard, the helper, began to gently tap, first to the right, then to the left and as he began an almost rhythm of tapping, the drawer gave way, and opened much to Mercy’s relief.Item African Christianity: An African Story(Africa World Press, Inc., 2007-07-17) Ogbu U. Kalui) arkness has hit Africa at noon. As Henri Marou would say, the historian is a “missionary dispatched to the past to strike a hyphen between the past and the present.” The Igbo people have a proverb that says that a man who does not know where the rain met him is unlikely to know where he is going. There is no brand of African scholarship that can be done in our times without a concern to explore the dilemma and seek a solution for our continent’s condition. This is what Eduardo Hooanert calls, “re-animating the memory of Christian commu- nities so that it defines their social consciousness.”! History could be a certain type of memory that evokes liberative power; not mere knowledge of the past but one that is commitment. It should lead people to the truth of their condi- tion in a scientific manner, not violated by cant or propaganda.Item A New Weave of Power, People and Politics: The Action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation(PRACTICAL ACTION, 2007-08-28) Lisa VeneKlasen; Valerie MillerThis Action Guide is designed for people and organizations grappling with issues of power, politics, and exclusion. It goes beyond the first generation of advocacy manuals to delve more deeply into questions of citizenship, constitu- ency-building, social change, gender, and accountability.Item A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA(Cambridge University Press, 2004-04-15) BENGT SUNDKLER; CHRISTOPHER STEED`A bitter pill which the majority of writers on Christianity and missionary activities in Africa should swallow is that they have not been writing African Church History.'1 This statement by Professors J. F. Ade Ajayi and E. A. Ayandele must serve as an introductory remark to our Church history of Africa. The two Nigerian scholars developed their point by claiming that hitherto Church history had been written `as if the Christian Church were in Africa, but not of Africa'.2 It stressed the missionary presence while forgetting or neglecting whatever there was of an African initiative, an African dimension of African Church history. The sort of book which my Nigerian colleagues may have had in mind was not least the detailed and lengthy Mission histories, produced in the pre-Independence period and stamped by this fact. Of necessity this implied a view centred in some Western metropolis and in certain mission societies there. This view of Christianization was to treat it as a Western invasion in sub-Saharan Africa. The continent was mapped out according to mission societies and mission ®elds.Item The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form(Westminster John Knox Press, 2001-08-18) Eugene L. LowryItem INTRODUCTION TO CHRIS TIAN EDUCATION AND FORMATION(Zondervan, 2009-09-19) RONALD T. HABERMASA prominent feature of this book is its Christocentric emphasis. Jesus is shown to be all that he is, which is much more than our glorious Savior. With his many roles, such as that of Great Physician, Jesus provides us with a comprehensive earthly example to follow. Jesus, the Center of Our Life Plan Of Jesus’ many titles, Son of Man is the one he most often chose for himself. Son of Man means simply that Christ was totally human. For thirty-three years he lived a fully human life so that we might literally follow his example. No, we don’t need to ride donkeys and wear robes. Yes, we are to emulate him in every major aspect of our lives — how to pray, how to get away for a while, how to relate to difficult individuals, and how to constructively express emotions. This text is deliberately constructed on this Christ-centered design. All that Jesus did, does, and will do directly shapes our lives as we obey him. And that’s why Jesus’ life will be studied in great detail. He has been, is now, and will always be the one who desires our total well-being. That’s why Jesus was often linked with the Bible, the inspired manual for holistic restoration.Item HERMENEUTICS Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation(Baker Academic, 2007-07-07) HENRY A. VIRKLER; KARELYNNE GERBER AYAYOIn the study of any subject there are four identifiable but overlapping developmental stages. The first stage involves the recognition of an area that is important and relevant but unexplored. Initial exploration involves identifying what is there. In the area of hermeneutics the primary question is, How do we understand the meaning of someone else’s words? In the second stage attempts are made to articulate certain broad principles characterizing the area of investigation. One set of conceptual categories is advanced, then others, as investigators try to develop conceptual systems that organize or explain the data cogently and coherently. For example, is the meaning of a text solely what the author intended it to mean, or does the meaning of a text change depending on what it means to each reader or hearer? During the third stage the focus shifts from elucidation of broad principles to the investigation of more specific principles. Investigators with various theoretical orientations pursue the study of specific principles, although they may start with different presuppositions and may disagree about which set of broad principles yields the most accurate conceptual system.Item Greek An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language(Routledge, 2004-04-04) David Holton; Peter Mackridge and Irene Philippaki-WarburtonThe aim of this book is to provide a concise, but sufficiently detailed, description of the Greek language as spoken and written in Greece today. Greek is a highly inflected language, and consequently we have had to devote considerable space to the basic patterns of declension and conjuga tion which learners need to master. However, we also give close attention to the structure of phrases and sentences, i.e. to the syntax of the language, which other grammars have tended to treat rather cursorily. Throughout the book, our intention is to provide a reliable guide to Greek grammar and usage, up to date in terms of both its linguistic approach and the linguistic material we use to exemplify the various aspects of the language.Item Reasonable Faith Christian Truth and Apologetics(Crossway Books, 2008-08-08) WILLIAM LANE CRAIGWhat is apologetics? Apologetics (from the Greek apologia: a defense) is that branch of Christian theology which seeks to provide a rational justification for the truth claims of the Christian faith. Apologetics is thus primarily a theoretical discipline, though it has a practical application. In addition to serving, like the rest of theology in general, as an expression of loving God with all our minds, apolo getics specifically serves to show to unbelievers the truth of the Christian faith, to confirm that faith to believers, and to reveal and explore the connections between Christian doctrine and other truths. As a theoretical discipline, then, apologet ics is not training in the art of answering questions, or debating, or evangelism, though all of these draw upon the science of apologetics and apply it practically. T his implies that a course in apologetics is not for the purpose of teaching you, “If he says so-and-so, then you say such-and-such back.” Apologetics, to repeat, is a theoretical discipline that tries to answer the question, What rational warrant can be given for the Christian faith? Therefore, most of our time must be spent in trying to answer this question. Now this is bound to be disappointing to some. They’re just not interested in the rational justification of Christianity. They want to know, “If someone says, ‘Look at all the hypocrites in the church!’ what do I say?” There’s nothing wrong with that question; but the fact remains that such practical matters are logically secondary to the theoretical issues and cannot in our limited space occupy the center of our attention. The use of apologetics in practice ought rather to be an integral part of courses and books on evangelism.