Böcker av Rodney Schofield

Sursum Corda describes highlights from the author's missionary experience in Africa, where he taught Anglican seminarians in Lesotho in the 1980s and two decades later continued this ministry in Malawi. Now a Catholic priest with a doctorate from the University of Wales, Rodney Schöeld also seeks to discern what the Western world can prötably learn from African culture.

In Christian Europe, witchcraft beliefs took over 1700 years to recede, and occult practice is still in vogue in certain circles. In Africa, and in Malawi in particular, supernatural beliefs continue to be widespread. Mystery or Magic considers what lies beneath such beliefs: e.g. the need to deal with loss, suffering and death. It then presents Christian responses to these conditions and illustrations from biblical teachings. Some subjects dealt with in detail include: Christianity in Aprtheid South Africa and Malawi today; faith and falsehood in the Old Testament; Hebrew perspectives on sickness, suffering and dealth; Christian affirmations; and boundaries of belief. The author is a theologian, and missionary priest. He is Director of Research at the ecumenical Zomba Theological College, Malawi.