Description: Kairos, Crisis, and Global Apartheid by Allan Aubrey Boesak In 1985, the Kairos Document emerged out of the anti-apartheid struggle as a devastating critique of apartheid and a challenge to the church in that society. This book is a call to discern new moments of crisis, discernment and kairos, and respond with prophetic resistance to global injustice. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 1985, the Kairos Document emerged out of the anti-apartheid struggle as a devastating critique of apartheid and a challenge to the church in that society. This book is a call to discern new moments of crisis, discernment and kairos, and respond with prophetic resistance to global injustice. Author Biography Allan Aubrey Boesak is Desmond Tutu Chair of Peace, Global Justice and Reconciliation Studies at Christian Theological Seminary, USA. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Hearing the Cry and Reading the Signs of the Times: A Humanity with a Kairos Consciousness 2. At the Heart of it All: Kairos, Apartheid and the Calvinist Tradition 3. The Time for Pious Words is Over: Kairos, Decision and Righteous Choices 4. The Inclusiveness of Gods Embrace: Kairos, Justice, the Dignity of Human Sexuality and the Belhar Confession 5. The End of Words?: Kairos, Challenge and the Rhetoric of the Barricades 6. Speaking Truth to the Tower: Kairos, Dissent and Prophetic Speech 7. Combative Love and Revolutionary Neighborliness: Kairos, Solidarity and the Jericho Road 8. That Which Avails Much; Kairos, Public Prayer and Political Piety Review "This book reminds us of the need for an ongoing commitment to the struggle against exclusion and exploitation. As we read reports of growing racial and economic disparities in the United States, we cannot help but see the ongoing need which makes this work very timely." - Rev. Dr. Cheryl B. Anderson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA"This important work advances our quest to develop theologies that are truly Christian theologies that are practiced with the tender and sympathetic heart of the priest, the clear and illuminating vision of the prophet, and the hope and action of the royal servant." - Nico Koopman, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa"Boesak saw apartheid in South Africa for what it was: heresy. Thirty years later he sets his eyes on the apartheid girdling our globe, making critical connections between issues too-often presented as separate. Reading the signs of our time, Boesak urges us to resist. A prophet speaks. We would do well to listen and act in hope." - Melanie Duguid-May, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, USA"It has always been impossible to hear or read Boesaks words of power without being deeply challenged both to see differently and respond with seriousness. This book is no exception." - Dirkie Smit, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa"Boesak serves up a hermeneutic and a theology for our times. Forged in the battle to free his South African homeland, renewed by the calls ofthe Palestinians and of indigenous struggles worldwide, and tempered by his own suffering in the struggle for the soul of post-Apartheid South Africa, Boesaks voice stirs our souls and pierces our hearts. More urgently than we may care to realize, we need his voice now." - Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description The 1985 Kairos Document came as a call to discern and rise up against the devastating crises of the South African apartheid. Thirty years later, Christians and faith communities across the world are facing a different, more global, sort of apartheid. This apartheid is caused and characterized by growing social and economic inequalities, environmental devastation, and degradation of human dignity on a global scale. This book is a call to note the contours of these crises and respond with faithful, prophetic resistance for the sake of the common good. Review Quote Boesak saw apartheid in South Africa for what it was: heresy. Thirty years later he sets his eyes on the apartheid girdling our globe, making critical connections between issues too-often presented as separate. Reading the signs of our time, Boesak urges us to resist. A prophet speaks. We would do well to listen-and act in hope. - Melanie Duguid-May, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, USAIt has always been impossible to hear or read Boesaks words of power without being deeply challenged-both to see differently and respond with seriousness. This book is no exception." - Dirkie Smit, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaBoesak serves up a hermeneutic and a theology for our times. Forged in the battle to free his South African homeland, renewed by the calls of the Palestinians and of indigenous struggles worldwide, and tempered by his own suffering in the struggle for the soul of post-Apartheid South Africa, Boesaks voice stirs our souls and pierces our hearts. More urgently than we may care to realize, we need his voice now. - Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Description for Bookstore Anti-apartheid liberation theologian Alan Boesak identifies in history where Gods life-affirming actions for social justice have occurred and offers a vision for such moments now and for the future Details ISBN1137503092 Author Allan Aubrey Boesak Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2015 ISBN-10 1137503092 ISBN-13 9781137503091 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-06-04 Media Book Short Title KAIROS CRISIS & GLOBAL APARTHE Language English Edition Description 2015 Pages 272 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle The Challenge to Prophetic Resistance Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2015-06-04 NZ Release Date 2015-06-04 UK Release Date 2015-06-04 Edited by Julio Salinas Birth 1958 Affiliation University of Bologna, Italy Position Associate Professor Qualifications M.D. Illustrations IX, 272 p. 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