What role does spirituality play in personal and social transformations? Second, Christians are to continue the mission of Jesus to transform the world and to build the kingdom of a God of love. The prescribed way in which the church worshipped God during the 1 st century is the prescribed way for the church to worship God today. So over all there was growth of population throughout the developed world. This means the church must "soil its hands" in the political arena of public power. The only conceivable way this could apply to the world is if one subscribed to the concept held by the old modernists of "the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. " This is why emancipatory social science begins with a diagnosis and critique of existing social structures and institutions. Elements of a theory of transformation 194 necessarily understand the source of these harms. 4. American Judge Benjamin Cordozo said that the “Final cause of law is the welfare of society”. In a workshop with the leadership of the church it transpired that the root of the problem was the lack of an intentional and deliberate educational ministry in the church. Only if the church engages directly in political action can the challenge of the Second Reformation be answered. Chapter 8. The paper proceeds by arguing that if properly articulated by theologians and church leadership, Christological notions can make useful contributions to lasting solutions to the quest for a social, political, economic and religious emancipation. H. Illustration: “ I Have No hands but Yours!” FOUR KEY WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN The Church in Africa as an Agent of Social Transformation through Reconciliation, Justice and Peace in Light of the Second African Synod Fabian Ihunegbo Master of Theology University of St. Michael’s College and the University of Toronto 2015 Abstract(This thesis explores the proposals of the Second African Synod on reconciliation, How can understanding of and reflection on individual, personal ... church partnerships and faith and development. Reformations. However, social transformation is possible only if history is affirmed. The work of the church in the 1 st century is the same word the church is to be doing today. church's social responsibility. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. the fore in advocating the urgent need for social transformation. 3. Social Transformation Church Leader Religious Movement Business Elite Popular Discourse These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. nothing about the Methodist church, and especially its significant programmes for social transformation. However, population growth in Europe was negatively effected by the two world In that fundamental sense, Christian spirituality is inherently concerned with social transformation. individual transformation and social transformation? Still, the two REASONS ATTRIBUTED FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Social transformation occurs due to several factors such as changes in technology, demography and ideology, changes in political life and economic policy and in legal principles or insti-tutions. Social Transformation But from 1930 we find a downward trend in Eastern Europe as well, and by 1960s almost the whole of Europe had low fertility, but this was offset by low mortality rates. First, there is a call to personal transformation (conversion).