Mulemi, Patrick (2007) Caesar's Coin: The Role of Faith in Public Discourse (The Case of Zambia). Licentiate thesis, Jesuit School ofTheology at Berkeley.
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Abstract
"Show me the coin that pays the census tax." Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." -- Matthew 22: 19-21 Human beings exist in a socio-political environment which directly or indirectly has impact on their lives. The effects of this environment can be felt either individually or corporately (by social institutions) in the social, cultural, religious and/or political spheres. As a religious body, the Roman Catholic Church is affected corporately by her environment, while her members are affected individually. However, the Church understands herself as being more than just a body that is affected by the socio-political environment. Rather, she sees herself as an important social and political actor. Among the many roles that the Church has, one of them is to influence positively the political and social environment within which she exists. The Church sees herself as having the role of ensuring that people do not only render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God; but that they know the difference. People should know what rightfully belongs to Caesar, and what rightfully belongs to God. Caesar, the Church will argue, does not own everything.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Licentiate) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mediation of heritage of catholic social teaching, the social dimension of christian life, principle themes of catholic social teachings, mediation of catholic social teaching in context-reading the signs of times, mediation of catholic social teaching in zambian political history, the conscience of society, declaration of zambia as a christian nation, church in zambia as the conscience of society, socio-political realities, federation of rhodesia and nyasaland, differentiation and interrelation of spheres, inculturation and the african church, the principle of subsidiarity, linking faith and justice |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
| Divisions: | Afro-Christiana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2014 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2018 12:22 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/37 |
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