Hamilton Books
Pages: 152
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Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-0-7618-7192-7 • Paperback • November 2019 • $43.99 • (£35.00)
978-0-7618-7193-4 • eBook • November 2019 • $41.50 • (£35.00)
John Raymaker spent twenty-five years as a missionary in Japan where he worked at the Tokyo Oriens Institute for Religious Research. He taught cultural anthropology and biblical studies at Junshin and Hosei Universities in Tokyo.
Gerald Grudzen is the founder and president of Global Ministries University. He has worked on educational and development projects in Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt and now in Kenya for the past eight years in addition to his teaching in the United States.
Foreword
Introduction
PART1: Rebuilding the Earth and the Church on the Model of Prophetic Visionaries
Chapter 1: Building New Foundational-Missionary Bridges in a Divided World
Chapter 2: How Pope Francis Has Given New Foci to the Church's Mission
Chapter 3: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955) and Pope Francis: Catholic Visionaries
PART 2: The Transformative Roles of Religion Across the Planet
Chapter 4: Transitional Glocal Issues
Chapter 5: Pope Francis's Glocal Engagements with the Middle East and Africa
Chapter 6: The Church in Latin America
Chapter 7: Compassionate Ways to Heal and Create in Asia
PART 3: Pioneering Effective Christian Ministries in a Divided, Conflicted World
Chapter 8: New Forms of Community and Ministries in the Age of Pope Francis
Chapter 9: A Global by Divided Christianity Needs Glocal Initiative to Cope with the Future
Selected Bibliography
Index
The authors, Gerald Gruden and John Raymaker vividly portray God as a missionary God. The book shows how Pope Francis inspires us by his witness. When Pope Francis visited Latin America, he apologized as the leader of the Catholic Faith for the “grave colonial sins” committed against Indigenous Peoples by the church, particularly during the colonial rule. This book underscores how Pope Francis’ presence and reflections during his visits to Latin America, lead to the long-awaited healing as well as affirmation of the values, culture and nature-based spirituality of the people. The juxtaposition of Pope Francis’ pioneering work of Teilhard on the theology of evolution and Pope Francis’ unique moral voice pushing for just political and economic actions for the necessity of saving our planet earth is an impassioned invitation to each one of us. We are being made aware of how to become the church of the earth and regain our responsibilities toward a global community that is about equity and equality because of the power of love.
— Joy Esmenda, Maryknoll Sister, Missioned in Bolivia, MM