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A Theology of Reconstruction: Nation-Building and Human Rights » (New Edition)

Book cover image of A Theology of Reconstruction: Nation-Building and Human Rights by Charles Villa-Vicencio

Authors: Charles Villa-Vicencio, Duncan Forrester (Editor), Alistair Kee
ISBN-13: 9780521426282, ISBN-10: 0521426286
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 1992
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Charles Villa-Vicencio

Book Synopsis

'There could not have been a more timely publication ... this is a splendid contribution to the debate of the role of the church in exhiliarating times when there are no real paradigms to turn to for what to do next. I commend Professor Villa-Vicencio's effort warmely.' Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town

Table of Contents

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction1
1Theology and nation-building19
2The weight of dead generations49
3The rule of law: searching for values76
4Human rights and theology117
5Transcending individualism and collectivism: a theological contribution154
6Theology and political economy197
7Theology and economic justice231
8The right to believe254
9An unconcluding postscript274
Bibliography285
Index296

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