Recent Submissions

  • News Update on religion and church in China April 8 - June 29, 2024

    Feith, Katharina; Friemann, Isabel; Wenzel-Teuber, Katharina (China-Zentrum e.V., 2024)
  • Die Zehn Gebote : ein chinesischer Katechismus des Lebens

    You, Bin (Globethics Publications, 2024-08-14)
    Der Katechismus wird oft als Lehre von altmodischen Glaubenssätzen oder als autoritäre Liste dessen, was uns religiöse Führer zu glauben zwingen, wahrgenommen. Dieser Katechismus ist ein Überlebenspaket mit der Nahrung namens 'Glaube'. Er ist frisches Wasser aus der Quelle für den täglichen Lebensweg und zur Orientierung bei der Entscheidungsfindung. Diese vier Bände chinesischer Katechismen übertragen die klassischen Kerntexte des christlichen Glaubens in das heutige Leben: das Glaubensbekenntnis (Bd. 1), das Vaterunser (Bd. 2), die Zehn Gebote (Bd. 3) und die Liturgie als Feier des Lebens (Bd. 4). Der Autor You Bin aus Peking bietet es aus chinesischer Sicht als Beitrag zur interkulturellen Theologie an. Es ist ein Geschenk an die Weltchristenheit und die Menschheit. Es ist kein lutherischer, reformierter, katholischer oder anglikanischer Katechismus sondern ein post-konfessionelles Fenster zum Leben. In diesem Band 3 werden die Zehn Gebote vor einem chinesischen Hintergrund und mit chinesischer Weisheit interpretiert.
  • Christian professional formation at Uganda Christian University : a reflection

    Opol, Samuel (Globethics Publications, 2024-07-02)
    Christian Professional Formation has been the hallmark of Uganda Christian University. Established by the Church of Uganda in 1997, the University has championed an explicitly Christian-based form of education. It has thereby distinguished itself as a University whose model of professional formation seeks to balance professional and Christian character formation. At its establishment, the University drew on the rich dual heritage of the Christian education, on the one hand, and on the American tradition of higher education, on the other. From these it furthered the motif of integration of faith in learning and service. The book tells the story of Uganda Christian University against the backdrop of the Church of Uganda’s use of education as mission. By so doing it shows how the founding fathers have taken the two traditions to enable the Church of Uganda to faithfully uphold its calling to education as mission. It draws on the tradition of virtue ethics, sociology of education and Christian worldview studies.
  • News update on religion and church in China October 13 - December 4, 2023

    Feith, Katharina; Wenzel-Teuber, Katharina (China-Zentrum e.V., 2024-03-08)
    Chinese Christian Studies Forum in 2023: “Featuring Prospects of Sinicized Christianity” / Katharina Feith. - Bitter Winter reports on a letter to parents from a middle school in Yushu (Qinghai): Parents must educate children not to believe in any religion / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Nearly 300 overseas Zhengyi Daoists receive ordination by “conferring of registers” / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Official Panchen Lama ordains monks at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery for the first time / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - “2023 Conference on the Interpretation of the Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism” in Beijing / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - PRC State Council releases Tibet White Paper “CPC Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements” / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Sixth Tone: Wenshu Monastery in Chengdu promotes vegetarianism for visitors / Katharina Feith. - Joint declaration of the two rival incarnations of the Karmapa on the reincarnation of the Shamarpa / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Human Rights Watch publishes report on “Politics of Mosque Consolidation” in Ningxia and Gansu. - Pastor Wu Wei- - President of the China Christian Council, attends the World Assembly of the United Bible Societies in the Netherlands / Katharina Feith. - 5th Minzu Dialogue Forum of United Bible Societies and Minzu University of China / Katharina Feith. - Visits by representatives of the United Bible Societies China Partnership to China / Katharina Feith. - Pastor Wu Wei meets representatives of the Russian Evangelical Alliance / Katharina Feith. - Preacher Chang Hao remains in custody / Katharina Feith. - Book with testimonies of Chinese LGBTQ Catholics presented to Pope Francis / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Dating event for single young Catholics in Hangzhou / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Commission for Liturgy, Sacred Music and Sacred Art visits churches in Hunan and Jiangxi - regarding uniform breviary and hymn book / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - “First Conference on the Sinicization of Shanghai Catholicism: History and Perspectives” / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Forum “Talking about the Dao by the Sea” in Shanghai on Catholicism / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - 83 adult catechumens are baptized and confirmed in Shanghai Cathedral / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - On his blog, Cardinal Joseph Zen asks the brothers in the underground not to carry out illegitimate episcopal ordinations / Katharina Wenzel-Teuber. - Hong Kong Muslims outraged by the hoisting of the Chinese national flag at a mosque in Kowloon / Katharina Feith. - Cardinal Chow SJ in Hong Kong: Mass of thanksgiving after the elevation to the rank of cardinal / Katharina Feith. - Hong Kong government: Appeal from 10 Catholic bishops for Jimmy Lai is “contempt of court” / Katharina Feith. - Beijing Bishop Li Shan visits Hong Kong / Katharina Feith. - Third International Conference for Chinese Permanent Deacons in Hong Kong / Katharina Feith. - Third Symposium of Holy Spirit Study Centre and official Catholic bodies of the PRC / Katharina Feith. - 80 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and the Holy See / Katharina Feith.
  • Wang Weifan (1927–2015) : theologian, intellectual, artist

    Gaenssbauer, Monika (China-Zentrum e.V., 2024-03-08)
  • The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 1924-2024 : a centenary assessment

    Ross, Kenneth R.; Chilongozi, Mwawi (Globethics PublicationsMzuni Press, 2024-03-12)
    "I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in issues of church unity, justice, liberation, biblical transformation, dignity, hope, joy, resilience, peace, prayer and reconciliation. The best Malawian scholars have drawn from their academic expertise and personal experience to give the reader a thick picture of the journey of unity among the Synods of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This publication is a must-have for all who have the unity of the CCAP at heart." Prof. Isabel Apawo Phiri, Former Deputy General Secretary, World Council of Churches and Vice Chancellor, University of Blantyre Synod.
  • Sacrifice et violence selon Lévitique 17-26 : relecture du code de sainteté à partir du contexte africain

    Nabino, Victor Barhamanywa (Globethics Publications, 2023-11-17)
    Cet ouvrage est le fruit d’une thèse de doctorat légèrement modifiée. Lv 17-26 nommé Code de Sainteté s’évertue à réglementer les sacrifices qui sont déjà en soi des actes violents (du moins contre les animaux). Dans la mesure où les rédacteurs de ce Code font face à une certaine violence, il importe de mettre en évidence le rapport établi entre l’exigence du respect de la vie (humaine et animale) et les prescriptions sacrificielles. Les différents systèmes sacrificiels de la Bible hébraïque avec leurs particularités permettent de comprendre le cadre dans lequel les sacrifices d’animaux, ou mieux la violence contre les animaux où la victime est mise à mort, a été autorisée et codifiée. L’examen des textes relatifs aux dérèglements sociaux et leurs sanctions, indique l’articulation qui existe entre le texte biblique et les réalités sociales qui se cachent derrière lui. Enfin, les textes font ressortir l’émergence des droits sociaux pour insister sur la mise en œuvre des pratiques non-violentes et valoriser le respect de la vie humaine et animale. Dans le contexte de la région des Grands-Lacs africains, parler du respect de la vie humaine convient pour prévenir la spirale de la violence ou transformer les conflits qui éclatent, qui dégénèrent et qui durent constitue un message capable de susciter des échos partout où les rapports entre individus ou entre communautés sont en proie à de vifs chocs.
  • News update on religion and church in China : March 25 - July 15, 2023

    Feith, Katharina; Friemann, Isabel; Wenzel-Teuber, Katharina (China-Zentrum e.V., 2023)
  • Celebrating the reconciliation : potentialities of Pentecostal worship for reconciliation and peace in the context of the Great Lakes Region

    Kusinza, Alain Nkinzo (Globethics Publications, 2023)
    This publication focuses on the research question: "What can the potential role of Christian worship in the Great Lakes region be to promote reconciliation and peace and healing after social and ethnic violence and conflicts?" The answer this book proposes is that a reconstructed Pentecostal Worship will significantly contribute to the process of reconciliation, peace-making, and healing of the ethnic groups in the Great Lakes region. The study theorises a Pentecostal practical theology backed in the theologies of reconstruction, politics and reconciliation. Using an empirical approach, this book draws on the spiritual, cultural, demographical and sociological potentials at the disposal of Pentecostal leaders to promote a reconstructed Pentecostal worship. It envisions a new praxis of spiritual potentials like prophecy, testimony, glossolalia, and emotional praising as opportunities to reconcile and heal people.

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