Emmauel Katongole is a Catholic priest from Uganda, born in 1960, who lived through the reign of Idi Amin and has seen the postcolonial struggles of his home country and its sub-Saharan neighbors ? Rw
Emmauel Katongole is a Catholic priest from Uganda, born in 1960, who lived through the reign of Idi Amin and has seen the postcolonial struggles of his home country and its sub-Saharan neighbors ? Rwanda, the Congo, Zimbabwe, Liberia, and others ? up close and personal.
Looking at this region, ravaged by war, corruption, terror, genocide, and disease, Katongole wonders at length what difference Christianity makes ? or could make ? in numerous African nation-states. The Sacrifice of Africa argues that in the face of Africa?s social, political, and economic turmoil, a new future truly is possible, and displays how such a new future, inspired by Christian faith, looks.
?Drawn from the wells of Emmanuel Katongole?s faith and faith on the ground, The Sacrifice of Africa is a work of singular importance and power. Its insights and implications are prophetic and compelling. One of the most visionary theologians of our day, Katongole helps the whole church see itself in a new way. This is the theology we need ? and indeed must have.?
? Mark R. Gornik
City Seminary of New York
?The colonized countries of Africa gained independence only to fall into crisis and instability. Sometimes churches are the only viable, if inadequate, social institutions left to shoulder the burden of society. Yet the nation-state as the successor of the colonial state has stood in the way of the development aspirations of Africans. Katongole confronts this issue in a direct way. His reflections call on the churches to commit to action to change the situation and give people hope in a future that has looked increasingly bleak. The demands of the moment require the sacrifice of the churches on behalf of Africa?s long-suffering peoples. This book is a valuable installment in that cause.?
? Lamin Sanneh
Yale University
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