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Acknowledgements T his work is a result of the cooperation of several scholars, who agreed to sacrifice their time to write most chapters of this book. Judging by its complexity and comprehensiveness, it appears to us that a lot of time was devoted to arduous research in the production of this magnificent work. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who volunteered information in the field, which enabled us to write some of the chapters of this book. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to the Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE-WCC) in Geneva and the Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland, for their financial assistance, which enabled us to complete this work. We are particularly indebted to Dietrich Werner, Maureen Trott, Verena Grueter, Owe Boersma and Sylvia Camacho for their encouragement and moral support in our endeavour to publish this book which we hope will contribute tremendously to ecumenical theological education in Africa for the advancement of God’s Kingdom on earth. Our deep gratitude goes to members of staff in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Botswana and outside the department who read a number of chapters of this book and provided critical and scholarly comments on the content and outlook of the book and suggested ways and means of improving the text to enhance its academic usefulness. Space does not allow us to mention each one of them by name but to them all we say “You are great scholars, keep it up.” We dedicate this book to all peace loving daughters and sons of Africa in their endeavour to make our continent a better place to live in. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the expert cooperation of our publishers M/S Zapf Chancery Research Consultants and Publishers (Kenya) under the publishing consultancy of the Rev. C. B. Peter and his dedicated team of copyeditors in Kenya, UK, and USA in producing this book to professional standards. ...

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