Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Culture

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A new collection of thought-provoking essays explores the impact of questions of culture and history across the Anglican Communion.

Edited by Michael Battle, an Anglican thought leader and innovator, Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Culture,the second book in this new series, appears at a moment in time when cultures wars bedevil national and international politics, as well as Christian communities across the globe.

Featuring contributions by a diverse group of theologians including Jetti Oliver, Mercy Tabitha Wambui Kamau, Khushnud Azariah, Walter Brownridge, Chamni Byun, Peniel Rajkumar, and Kara Badresh, this volume addresses the most pressing questions facing the churches of the Anglican Communion. From classical issues such as Christ against Culture, to the possibility of common prayer among diverse cultures, to the problems of ethnocentrism, the conversation on Culture challenges the Western church how to better engage the global one.

As the world seems to be pivoting away from a compassionate global order the voices in this volume shy away from the typical tropes of peace on earth and instead present the practical steps needed to first practice and resemble a communion of churches.

Platforming non-Western theologians, theConversations in Global Anglican Theologyseries addresses the most pressing questions facing the churches of the Anglican Communion, featuring thought-provoking essays by established and emerging scholars.

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"A book like this is itself an act of faith."-- "from the Foreword by Rowan Williams in Conversations in Global Anglican Theology: Faith"

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Michael Battle is the Extraordinary Professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and formerly taught at General Theological Seminary in New York where he was the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later given one of the highest Anglican Church distinctions as "Six Preacher," by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Battle has published nine books, including Reconciliation: the Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, and Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me. He lives in Knightdale, North Carolina. Walter Brownridge is the Canon to the Ordinary for Cultural Transformation for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. He was the Priest Associate at Christ Church, Grosse Pointe in the Diocese of Michigan, and was ordained in the Diocese of Ohio in 2001. He was the Associate Dean at the School of Theology at Sewanee, the University of the South. Before ordination, Brownridge was a federal prosecutor in public policy and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Chanmi Byun is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Religion and the Administrative Director of Episcopal and Anglican Studies at Union Theological Seminary. She received a B.S. from the University of Florida, an M.Div from Presbyterian University, and a Th.M. from Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea. She has worked in spiritual care and ministry around the world in Seoul, Guatemala City, and New York. Peniel Rajkumar is Global Theologian and Director of Global Mission at the United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) and Canon Theologian for York Minister and Worcester Cathedral. He previously served as Programme Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation at the World Council of Churches in Geneva. He holds an M.A. in English Literature from Sri Venkateswara University in India and received a Ph.D. in Applied Theology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Jetti A. Oliver is the chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad. He is an elected member of the international governing council of the Society for International Development. He received his Ph.D. in Development Economics from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. He is a member of the ecumenical Church History Association of India in Bangalore. Kara Badresh is a Freedom Park Tour Guide in South Africa. Mercy Tabitha Wambui Kamau is the founder of the Goodness and Mercy Foundation. She holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Nairobe and has been an advocate of the High Court of Kenya for 30 years. Khushnud Azariah is the first Pakistani woman ordained priest. She is a writer, philanthropist, social and human rights activist, changemaker, singer, and a proponent of ecumenism, inter-faith relations, and environmental justice. She is the first Pakistani woman to pursue a theological education, which she received at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. She received her Ph.D. on Pakistani Education and Religious Tolerance at the Claremont School of Theology in California. She has served as Moderator, President, and Member at many global organizations dedicated to the global and national ecumenical church, including the Christian Conference of Asia, the Executive Committee at the Oxford Methodist School of Theology, the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women, The World Council of Churches, the Asian Church Women Conference, the National Council of Churches in Pakistan, and more. James Tengatenga is the Distinguished Professor of Global Anglicanism and Director of Alternative Clergy Training at Sewanee. He received a diploma in theology at Zomba Theological College in Malawi, an M.Div from the Seminary of the Southwest in Texas, a diploma in community work from Birmingham University in the United Kingdom, and a Ph.D. from the University of Malawi. He has three D.D.s from the Seminary of the Southwest, General Seminary, and the Episcopal Divinity School. He has served as chair, vice chair, member, president, and board member of numerous organizations, including the Anglican Family Network, the Anglican Council in Malawi, the Malawi Council of Churches, the Inter-Anglican Commission for Ecumenical Relations, the Foundation of St. Georges College in Jerusalem, Zomba Theological College, the Malawi National Examination Board, and more. He is a founding member of the Malawi National AIDS Commission. He currently serves on the grant committee for SIM and is a member of its board. Noah Mbano is the Priest in Charge at the Church of St. Aidan's Byford in the Anglican Parish of Serpentine Jarrahdale.