8:46-Trumpet of Compassion

In these stirring pages, Tokunbo Adelekan finds grace and guidance in his deployment of the biblical category of “compassion,” which he uses as a prism for social righteousness and civic grace. He weaves theological reflection-drawn from biblical witness and church history- with a poignant analysis of our contemporary civic dilemma in a manner that bears witness to the difficult truth concerning the vice-like grip of racism and hedonism on the national soul. His grammar of compassionate renewal forms the consciousness for social regeneration. A faithful reading of compassion can go beyond religious platitudes and political truisms and be deployed as an instrument for societal de-traumatization and cultural healing.