Beyond Witnessing

Contents: A Way of Humanizing the World? Reviewing the popular theory of Jeffrey Sachs: a synopsis of his work The End of Poverty. How we can make it happen in our Lifetime - The semantics of Witnessing - The paradox of Witnessing Beyond - Witnessing Beyond - the Christian Metanarrative hermeneutics as a way of humanizing the world - Christian background to Witnessing Beyond - The historical backbone of Witnessing Beyond - Christ as the ideal - «Lord Teach us how to pray» (Luke 11:1-13): The example of the apostles in Witnessing Beyond - Prayer at the core of Witnessing Beyond - The eucharist as the utmost prayer vis-à-vis Witnessing Beyond - The logic of meaning of the eucharist as a paradigm for Witnessing Beyond - The paradox of this disposition - The socio-theological dimension of the eucharist at the service of Witnessing Beyond - The challenge of Witnessing Beyond in concrete today - The case of organizations and corporates - Organizations and corporatism: A postmodern challenge to Witnessing Beyond - Possible causes of crisis in postmodern Witnessing effort - The case of the organizations - The world of social organizations and the corporate world vis-à-vis spirituality of Witnessing Beyond - Witnessing Beyond vis-à-vis the global challenge in charity-action today - Grasping the inner logic of Witnessing Beyond in the light of today's concrete challenge.

Peter Chidi Okuma is a priest of the diocese of Orlu (Nigeria). He holds a Diploma with Distinction in Freelance and Feature Writing in Journalism from The London School of Journalism (UK). He also holds three Masters degrees in Religious Studies, Education/Psychology, and Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) where he obtained a certified doctoral training in Theology in 2005. He proceeded to obtain a doctorate in Theology at the LMU Munich (Germany) and a second doctorate in Social Science at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He has authored many national and international books and articles.