Theologies and Practices of Inclusion

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Inclusion has recently become a high priority issue within the development sector, brought to the fore by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development's commitment to leave no one behind. Practices within the remit of inclusion often focus on increasing access and meaningful participation, with emphasis placed on bringing those at the margins to the centre. This book challenges such centre-focused practices from a global perspective, based on research conducted within the Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation Tearfund and beyond.

Offering inspiration for practitioners within the sector and faith-based organisations in particular, as well as an academic contribution to the fields of international development studies and theology, the book aims to bridge theology and practice in an accessible way.

Consisting of 13 chapters and case studies, the book draws on the wisdom of a diverse team of contributors at the forefront of international development, working in a variety of contexts. These include South Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Ecuador, Panama, Bolivia, the Philippines, Iraq, Egypt and the UK. Highlighting ‘journey’, ‘change’ and ‘belonging’ as three key aspects of inclusion, the book explores the outworking of theologies of inclusion within organisational practice.

With a foreword by Ruth Valerio, and an afterword by Catriona Dejean.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Theology
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
• Date de parution: 13 octobre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780334060598
• Langue: English

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Theologies and Practices of Inclusion
Insights From a Faith-based Relief, Development and Advocacy Organization
Edited by
Nina Kurlberg and Madleina Daehnhardt






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Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Ruth Valerio
Part 1: Inclusion and Faith-based Organizations
Introduction
Nina Kurlberg and Madleina Daehnhardt
1. One Body, Many Voices: Theological Perspectives on Inclusion and Diversity from the Global South
Selina Palm
2. Embrace in the Margins: A Theological Framework for Inclusion
Nina Kurlberg
3. Case Study: Racial Justice
Liz Muir
Part 2: Inclusion as a Journey
4. Between Longing and Fear: Peacebuilding and Religious Diversity
Mariam Tadros
5. The Pilgrim Identity: A Biblical Basis and Motivation for Inclusiveness
Nam-Chen Chan
6. Case Study: The Journey of the Latin American Campaign ‘As Born Among Us’
Loida Carriel Espinoza and María Alejandre Andrade Vinueza
Part 3: Inclusion as Requiring Change
7. Inclusion in a Networked Society: Digital Theological Perspectives
Jonas Kurlberg and Rei Lemuel Crizaldo
8. Interrogating Gender, Faith and Masculinities: Tearfund’s Transforming Masculinities Approach
Prabu Deepan and Nina Kurlberg
9. Case Study: Localization and Inclusion
Oenone Chadburn
Part 4: Inclusion as Belonging
10. Belonging to ‘the House of the Lord’: Ageing and Inclusion in the Rwandan Church
Madleina Daehnhardt and Emmanuel Murangira
11. ‘Nothing wey no get cure for this world’: Interrogating Healing and the Miraculous for Women Living with Disability and HIV in Nigeria
Jessie Fubara-Manuel
12. Disability-inclusive Self-help Groups: Lessons from Tearfund in Ethiopia
Sisay Mammo Sime and Barnabé Anzuruni Msabah
13. Abya Yala: ‘A House that Sings for all Nations’
Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis and Juana Luiza Condori Quispe

Afterword by Catriona Dejean




Contributors
Barnabé Anzuruni Msabah
Barnabé is Tearfund’s Church and Community Transformation (CCT) Lead for East and Central Africa. He holds a PhD in Theology and Development, and is Research Associate at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and at the Adjunct Faculty at Pan Africa Christian University in Nairobi, Kenya. He has published several articles in international journals and is the author of The Wayfarer: Perspectives on forced migration and transformational development (HippoBooks, 2021). Barnabé is a member of international societies including the International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice (ReDI), and the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT).
Catriona Dejean
Catriona is the Strategy and Impact Director for Tearfund, based in the UK. She leads on strategy, impact assessment and research. She has worked on strategy and development programmes for World Vision, as a social enterprise consultant, and as an environmental consultant in the private sector. She is a board member of the Joint Learning Initiative on Local Faith Communities, and INTRAC. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), and of the Society of Leadership Fellows.
Emmanuel Murangira
Emmanuel is Tearfund’s Country Director for Rwanda. He is co-editor of Jubilee: God’s answer to poverty (Regnum 2020) and co-author of Ageing in Rwanda, Challenges and opportunities for the church, state and nation (Tearfund and University of Birmingham, 2019). Emmanuel is a PhD candidate in Transformational Theology through the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life. His thesis is titled ‘Theology and Practice, in ministry and pastoral care for older people in Protestant churches in Rwanda’. Emmanuel is an ordained minister and an itinerant preacher.
Jessie Fubara-Manuel
Jessie is a final-year PhD student in the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity. Her research examines the role of Christian faith for women who are living with disability and HIV in Nigeria. She is a resource person and facilitator for the World Council of Churches (WCC) programmes on HIV and disability. She is also a member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and has published several articles and book chapters on gender, disability and HIV. She is the author of Giver of Life, Hear Our Cries! (WCC, 2014) and Beside the Water Brooks: Poetic reflections from the heart (Presby Press, 2006, 2008).
Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis
Jocabed is Panamanian and originally from the Gunadule nation (an indigenous people in Panama). She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Theology. Her areas of expertise include issues related to indigenous theology, Guna identity, multiculturalism and youth. Jocabed is Director of Memoria Indígena, which seeks to make visible the stories of indigenous women and men who seek to impact their communities through their commitment to the kingdom of God and pursuit of justice. She is on the board of Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana.
Jonas Kurlberg
Jonas is Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Theology at Durham University, Convenor of the Global Network for Digital Theology, and Programme Director of the MA in Digital Theology at Spurgeon’s College. He is the author of Christian Modernism in an Age of Totalitarianism: T. S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim and the Moot (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-editor of Missio Dei in a Digital Age (SCM Press, 2020).
Juana Luiza Condori Quispe
Juana is Aymara, born in Chirapaca, La Paz, Bolivia. She studied Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, and the University of Arizona. She is the Coordinator of Memoria Indígena in Bolivia. Juana also studied intercultural theology at the Andean Ecumenical Institute for Theology (ISEAT). She seeks to practise and add value to theology from the context of the Aymara woman in her home, community, field, weaving and language.
Liz Muir
Liz is Tearfund’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion, with responsibility for embedding effective change management and inclusion across the organization globally. She is a qualified probation officer and an accredited governance practitioner. Liz previously worked as a governance manager supporting organizations across the public, private and third sectors with governance compliance and delivering modules on the accredited Effective Board Member Programmes. Liz is a trustee at Conciliation Resources. She is also the editor of a number of books written by international governance consultant Dr Karl George MBE.
Loida Carriel Espinoza
Loida is Tearfund´s Regional Advocacy Advisor in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). She is an Ecuadorian journalist, development and advocacy specialist with 23 years’ experience working in development and human rights organizations where she has been advocating and mobilizing Christian churches in favour of women, children and migrants’ rights. She has authored booklets, manuals, guides and articles about how to support and advocate for vulnerable people. Loida is President of the LAC Children and Youth Movement’s board, and one of the leaders of Tearfund’s migration campaign ‘As born among us’.
Madleina Daehnhardt
Madleina is Impact and Research Advisor for Tearfund where she sits in the Strategy and Impact Group. She holds a PhD from the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, and is a Panel Tutor in International Development at the Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall. Madleina is the author of a book on Migration, Development and Social Change (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration, 2019