October 6, 2023 — We are pleased to share that The Wayfarer: Perspectives on Forced Migration and Transformational Community Development (Langham Publishing: HippoBooks, 2021) has been longlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize 2023. The Wayfarer was chosen from more than 110 titles submitted by readers and publishers for this year’s Michael Ramsey Prize longlist.
Luke Lewis, Director of Publishing at Langham Publishing commented, “It brings great joy to see this significant work being acknowledged by such a prestigious award. I was with Dr. Msabah in Nairobi when we received the news of his book making the longlist; he was equally overjoyed. In a world confronted with regular crises prompting mass migrations, books like this are vital for the church, and there is no one more suited to address this particular subject than Dr. Msabah.”
About the Book
In The Wayfarer, Dr. Barnabé Anzuruni Msabah engages the global refugee crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective that encompasses both development studies and theological reflection. Using specific examples from Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, Msabah provides an overview of the sociopolitical, economic, and environmental dynamics of forced migration while simultaneously exploring theological and cultural frameworks for understanding transformational community development.
While the church’s mandate is to act with justice and mercy towards the world’s most vulnerable populations, Msabah also reminds us that refugees are not passive recipients but powerful examples of courage, resilience, and hope who can, in their turn, transform our nations and our faith communities for the better.
About the Author
BARNABÉ ANZURUNI MSABAH holds a PhD in Theology and Development (Practical Theology), specializing in community development, from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is Tearfund’s Regional Coordinator for Church and Community Transformation (CCT) in East and Central Africa and teaches theology and development at Pan Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Msabah is a former refugee and has experienced many of the challenges that refugee communities face around the world, as well as the resilience, courage and hope with which refugees face those challenges.
Praise for the Book
Weaving in his personal journey, Dr. Barnabé Anzuruni Msabah lays the groundwork to grasp the breadth and depth of the global and African challenge of migration and refugees to move the body of Christ to action. Practical paths for engagement are provided for people of faith and faith-communities to embody the good news. This book issues a call to use our collective power of Ubuntu towards hope and transformation while recognizing the God-given image and resource of the stranger in our midst. –Selena D. Headley, Cornerstone Institute
Dr. Anzuruni’s book outlines the means by which the church can respond to the critical needs of refugees. In doing so, this work makes a defiant claim for the radical nature of God’s identification with those on the margins. This book is a must read! –Anthony Reddie, Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture
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