Justice, Peace and Reconciliation: Current Challenges and Opportunities for the Church in Zambia
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2019
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African Ecclesiasts Review
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This article looks at how the Church has tried to play a prophetic role in the Zambian society regarding areas of justice, peace and reconciliation. 310 To make a clear exposition of how the Church has been involved in such issues, and seen such moves as its challenges and opportunities, the article firstly refers to some two late Roman Catholic Church' bishops who gave a good example of what it means to be prophets in the world and in Zambia and Africa in particular. The bishops being referred to here are Bishop Dennis de Jong, who used to be the ordinary of Ndola Diocese, on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia, and Bishop Paul Duffy, who used to be the bishop of Mongu Diocese, in the Western Province of Zambia. (Both bishops were very tall people, perhaps it was a symbol of being good hearted persons, who could easily reach out to the Will of God. They had accommodating hearts,