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Book reviews Editor's note: Persons interested in doing reviews should write direct to the ABPR Book Review Editor, Dr. Kole Omotoso, Department of African Languages and Literatures, University of ffe, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. For further details about the new ABPR Book Review section see also the announcement on the opposite page. Note: book reviews without a credit line giving name and affiliation of reviewer are by the ABPR Book Review Editor. Kole Omotoso ABPR Book Review Editor Laurenti Magesa The Church and Liberation in Africa. Eldoret, Kenya: G AB A Publications, 1976 54pp. Kshs. 10.00 pap. (Spearhead Series 44) Using, from the Old Testament, the story of Israel and its liberation from Egyptian bondage and search for a land of its own, and from the New Testament the story of the cure of the paralytic as recorded in the Gospel, Laurenti Magesa develops a Christian basis for liberation, which he then proceeds to vindicate in the activities of some of the laity in Latin America. "When Christ freed us, He meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." (Gal. 5:1) Using the Latin American situation to illustrate his case, Father Magesa http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The African Book Publishing Record de Gruyter

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
ISSN
0306-0322
eISSN
7865-8717
DOI
10.1515/abpr.1977.3.3.143
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Abstract

Editor's note: Persons interested in doing reviews should write direct to the ABPR Book Review Editor, Dr. Kole Omotoso, Department of African Languages and Literatures, University of ffe, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. For further details about the new ABPR Book Review section see also the announcement on the opposite page. Note: book reviews without a credit line giving name and affiliation of reviewer are by the ABPR Book Review Editor. Kole Omotoso ABPR Book Review Editor Laurenti Magesa The Church and Liberation in Africa. Eldoret, Kenya: G AB A Publications, 1976 54pp. Kshs. 10.00 pap. (Spearhead Series 44) Using, from the Old Testament, the story of Israel and its liberation from Egyptian bondage and search for a land of its own, and from the New Testament the story of the cure of the paralytic as recorded in the Gospel, Laurenti Magesa develops a Christian basis for liberation, which he then proceeds to vindicate in the activities of some of the laity in Latin America. "When Christ freed us, He meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." (Gal. 5:1) Using the Latin American situation to illustrate his case, Father Magesa

Journal

The African Book Publishing Recordde Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1977

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