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Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing
2009 Christianity Today Book Award winner! Our world is broken and cries out for reconciliation. But mere conflict resolution and peacemaking are not enough. What makes real reconciliation possible? How is it that some people are able to forgive the most horrendous of evils? And what role does God play in these stories? Does reconciliation make any sense apart from the bib...more
Paperback, 165 pages
Published
October 10th 2008
by IVP Books
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Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice’s book balances itself between being a self-help book and theological abstract. The result is a book which reflects on the issue of reconciliation with some depth, but also shows how those reflections are played out in the world.
While individual reconciliation is essential, this books focuses more on communities which have experienced some severe trauma. Once we accept God’s gift of reconciliation we are called on to heal the brokenness of those around us. Our c...more
While individual reconciliation is essential, this books focuses more on communities which have experienced some severe trauma. Once we accept God’s gift of reconciliation we are called on to heal the brokenness of those around us. Our c...more
A down-to-earth exploration from two practicioners of what I find to be a central theological theme in the Scriptures: the reconciliation of all of creation to the creator God. I would recommend this to anyone who is trying to make sense of the seemingly vast distance between the big picture of new creation and the daily struggle to live as an ambassador of reconciliation. The chapter on the practice of Lament was my favorite.
Just finished reading this book. And it was so good. Everyone is called to the journey of restoring relationships and we enter into the journey because God has restored in Jesus our relationship with Him. The journey will not be easy and will take all of our lifetimes and beyond, but we are still called to follow. The authors provided examples of regular people in their corner of the world building relationships with the stranger, the neighbor, the enemy.
This book redefines reconcilliation as the story of God in the Bible and in us as we inhabit that story. The authors tell their stories and other stories of the quiet revolution of accepting the gift of God's healing work and becoming participants. The writing is not exceptional. Sometimes there is a "jargon" feel. But all in all...I highly recommend.
This book talks about developing a Christian idea of reconciliation and justice. It is fairly well-written, but also very short, and hence does not develop ideas in any great depth. However, the authors do provide a number of interesting anecdotes to support their positions.
good primer on Christian vision of reconciliation (social, racial) but really bland writing style.
Book for school ethics class senior year. Did not gain anything useful do not remember any part of this book. 3/10
Absolutely amazing....a must read..
Chris Rice and Emmanual Katongole at Duke's Center for Reconciliation articulate how reconciliation is rooted in the orthodox Christian faith. They talk about the discipline of lament (which leads to hope), something new that I learned. I recommend it for those who are serious about the business of reconciliation.
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