Sunday Bobai Agang

Violence against ethnic minorities is a recurring theme in human history. The God of the Bible, however, is a God of the marginalized, the powerless, and the overlooked. To be a minority is to inhabit the heart of God's story not its fringes. In this book, Dr. Sunday Bobai Agang addresses the discrimination, oppression, and violence facing minorities in Africa and the church's calling to stand against such injustice. Drawing upon covenantal theology and the biblical motif of a remnant, Agang explores God's heart for those commonly devalued, silenced, excluded, and ignored. While our human societies are obsessed with power and might, God's economy is one where the first are last and the weak confound the strong. This book is a powerful reminder of the source of true identity and the foundation for lasting peace and human flourishing.

For good or for ill, amongst all the current scientifically known solar planets of the universe, the earth is the only habitable planet. This planet-earth-has incredibly changed. On the one hand, everything on it has been or is being globalized, including terrorism. Our world has concretely become a true "global village." That is why it is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing than at any previous time in the history of humankind (Friedman, 2003). Put another way, the invention of computers, e-mail, networks, teleconferencing, social media, and dynamic new software have all made it possible for those of us living in the 21st century to achieve so much more than many generations before us. On the other hand, the 21st century is witnessing a situation whereby a whole new group of angry, frustrated and humiliated men and women seek to destroy the rest of us.