Seeking Reconciliation : The Peacemaking Witness of the Church in Malaysia

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This is an abridged version of Peter Rowan's Regnum book, Proclaiming the Peacemaker. With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low-level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian society. In such a conte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowan, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Regnum Books International, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Missions.
Christianity > Social aspects.
Christian sociology.
Missions > Malaysia.
Christian sociology > Malaysia.
Christianity > Social aspects > Malaysia.
Malaysia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is an abridged version of Peter Rowan's Regnum book, Proclaiming the Peacemaker. With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low-level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian society. In such a context, this book looks at the role of the church as a reconciling agent, arguing that a reconciling presence within a divided society necessitates an ethos of peacemaking. Such an ethos is created and sustained when Christians understand that their identity has been transformed in Jesus Christ. With a combi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (79 pages).
ISBN:9781506477299

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