God of the Remnant: The Plight of Minority Ethnic Groups in Africa
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Violence against ethnic minorities is a recurring theme in human history. The God of the Bible, however, is a God of the marginalized, the powerless, and the overlooked. To be a minority is to inhabit the heart of God’s story not its fringes.
In this book, Dr. Sunday Bobai Agang addresses the discrimination, oppression, and violence facing minorities in Africa and the church’s calling to stand against such injustice. Drawing upon covenantal theology and the biblical motif of a remnant, Agang explores God’s heart for those commonly devalued, silenced, excluded, and ignored. While our human societies are obsessed with power and might, God’s economy is one where the first are last and the weak confound the strong. This book is a powerful reminder of the source of true identity and the foundation for lasting peace and human flourishing.
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- Explores God’s heart for those commonly devalued, silenced, excluded, and ignored
- Draws upon covenantal theology and the biblical motif of a remnant
- Addresses the discrimination, oppression, and violence facing minorities in Africa
Africa is blessed with a rich diversity of cultures, ethnicities and nationalities. However, such diversity can also lead to differences in moral, political and religious outlook. The situation becomes much more complex when there are unequal power relations, competition for limited material resources, and a history of conflict. Prof. Agang addresses concerns such as these with clarity and wisdom as he draws upon the biblical motif of the “remnant.” The key to peace and human flourishing, he proposes, is a clearer understanding of the implications of living in a covenantal relationship with God and all of God’s creation.
—Dion A. Forster, PhD
Sunday Agang is familiar with the fate of minorities in Africa. He knows suffering, but he found a door that unlocks a road less travelled. He explains what “remnant” means in Scripture and how God uses small minorities through difficult times to keep faith and hope alive. In doing so, Agang gives the reader a set of glasses – one can see the patterns of history! The majesty of the covenantal God unfolds. Being in the presence of God changes the way you see yourself: identity gets redefined, self-confidence is regained, shame is removed, despair vanishes and hope is rekindled. The acceptance of being a remnant is not an instant individualized cure from miseries leading to a hassle-free life! In this book, you are invited to take the first steps on an Abrahamic journey and before your very eyes the footprints of the one who set aside the privileges of deity appear.
—H. Jurgens Hendriks, DLitt
- Title: God of the Remnant: The Plight of Minority Ethnic Groups in Africa
- Author: Sunday Bobai Agang
- Publisher: Hippo Books
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 72
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Church work with minorities › Africa; Discrimination › Africa; Minorities › Africa
- ISBNs: 9781839730580, 9781839734779, 9781839734786, 9781839734793, 1839730587, 1839734779, 1839734787, 1839734795
- Resource ID: LLS:GODOFTHEREMNANT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:19:03Z