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200 _aGod's heart for children
_ePractical Thelolgy from Global Perspectives
_gTan, Rosalind ed.
_gPetallar, Nativity A. ed.
_gHefford, Lucy A.
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_d2022
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327 _aForeword xvii Acknowledgments xix Preface xxi List of Abbreviations xxiii 1 Created in Dignity 1 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE*. Getting to the Root of the Problem 3 Jan Grobbelaar - South African BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Affirming Childrens Dignity as a Theological Vision and Mandate 13 Jessy Jaison - Indian CASE STUDY: Restoring Dignity to Children in Bonded Labor 25 Adrian Azhar Sandhu - Pakistani 2 Placed in Families 35 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE*. Children Outside the Door 37 Rosalind Tan - Malaysian BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Kinsman-Redeemer: Welcoming Children Outside the Door 46 Nativity A. Petallar - Filipino CASE STUDY: A City without Orphans 59 Faith Kembabazi and Patrick Byekwaso - Ugandan 3 Cared for in Community 67 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE: It Still Takes a Village to Raise a Child 69 Amberbir Tamire Habtemariam - Ethiopian Ubuntu: Conceptualizing Community for Children in the African Context 75 Roseline Olumbe - Kenyan CASE STUDY: Church and Village as Community 87 Saw Law Eh Htoo - Myanmarese 4 Advocated by Society 95 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE: Hubs of Light 97 Menchit Wong - Filipino BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Children, Advocacy, and the Kingdom of God 108 Bradley Thompson - Indian CASE STUDY: I Exist, I Am a Citizen 117 Carmen Alvarez Gonzalez - Costa Rican 5 Secured in Hope 125 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE: Spirituality and Hope: The Extraordinary Hidden within the Ordinary 127 Maria Alejandra Andrade Vinueza - Ecuadorian BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Love, Faith, and Hope 147 Shake' Geotcherian - Armenian-Syrian CASE STUDY: Child Friendly Spaces: Spaces of Hope 157 Kezia M’Clelland - British with Subhi Nadhaf- Syrian 6 Affirmed in God’s Church 165 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE: Children on the Move 167 Enrique Pinedo - Peruvian American BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Beyond Welcoming to Engaging Children for Gods Kingdom ... .176 Shantelle Weber - South African CASE STUDY: The Lion Is Furious When He Doesn’t Know How to Get Back to His Home 187 Clenir Xavier dos Santos - Brazilian 7 Included in God’s Mission 195 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE! Redeeming Children Is Integral Missions 197 Sublimé Nyundu Mabiala - Congolese (DRC) BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Children as Full Members of the Priesthood of All Believers: A Pastoral Paradigm for Including Children in the Mission of God 206 Harold Segura - Costa Rican CASE STUDY: The Cost for Children Witnessing to Christ in Nigeria 215 Nathan Hussaini Chiroma - Nigerian 8 Engaged in Creation Care 223 GLOBAL CRITICAL ISSUE: Children and the Global Climate Emergency 225 Athena Peralta - Filipino BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE: Our Beautiful Dwelling Place 236 Rei Lemuel Crizaldo - Filipino CASE STUDY: Children and Nature: A Pilot Program of the United Church of Zambia 248 Jane Travis - British and Damon Mkandawire - Zambian Epilogue: Two Prayers in Response to Gods Heart for Children .... 259 About the Editors 261 About the Authors 263 Special Tribute 271 Subject Index 273 Scripture Index 281
606 _aChildren -- Religions aspects -- Christianity.
606 _aChristianity and social problems.
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