Corruption Mocking at Justice

"Corruption and injustice, like cancer, are both real and life threatening, both talked about more than actually understood. Efforts to combat corruption and injustice are incoherent and inadequate. Understanding the nature, the sources and the forms of orruption is critical to any viable war against it. Understanding the peculiar interplay between corruption and injustice is essential. What should the church, perhaps the most viable institution in the war against corruption and injustice, do in response to the scourge? Dr Sebahene's thesis deals with all these aspects and more. Quite likely, this work will generate needed discussion and subsequent action against corruption and injustice. I commend Dr Sebahene for an excellent piece on two interlinked critical contemporary social and spiritual issues and recommend his work to anyone desiring to contribute to the war against corruption and injustice. Professor Emmanuel D. Mbennah, PhD Vice-Chancellor, St John's University of Tanzania, Dodoma, Tanzania Alfred Sebahene joins the discourse that follows the increased global consciousness of the negative effects of corruption on individuals and societies. He does so as an African, a Tanzanian and an Anglican theologian. Acutely aware of the prevalence of corruption in Africa in general, and in his country in particular, he takes up the urgent challenge to move beyond the notion of corruption as only a political, economic or cultural phenomenon and challenge, recognizing that corruption, at its core, also presents a theological challenge to Christian churches. As a public theologian and Christian ethicist, Sebahene highlights the theological ""dynamic link between corruption and injustice,"" thus identifying corruption also as an issue of justice. He is both critical and appreciative of current and past efforts of the Tanzanian government and the Anglican Church of Tanzania in fighting corruption. However, acknowledging that not enough is being done, this research offers theological-ethical guidelines to the Anglican Church of Tanzania that could inform its role in the public sphere in general, but especially in addressing corruption. As such it is not only a necessary and timeous study, but a work that can serve the discourse on corruption and the role of churches across Africa well. Len Hansen, DTh Director of Research Development, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Executive Director, NetACT Africa"