A Poor and Merciful Church Series_ Traditions of Christian Spirituality and Christian Ethics

and Christian Ethics

People try to avoid saying it

Integrating traditional ecclesiologies of the North with emerging insights from Latin America

from Awareness to Zeal

A Poor and Merciful Church Series_ Traditions of Christian Spirituality and Christian EthicsIn this insightful text, Stan Chu Ilo addresses key questions that face modern Catholicism, particularly in Africa. He shows how two key themes of Pope Francisthe church of the poor and the church of mercyhave deep roots in biblical, patristic, and diverse ecclesial traditions. In Ilos focus on Africa, he offers a Triple A ecclesiology of accountability, accompaniment, and action guided by some of the practices and theological aesthetics of Pope