African Christianity: Its Public RolePaul Gifford examines African Christianity in the mid-1990s against the back ground of the continent's current social, economic, and political circumstances. Gifford sheds light on the dynamics of African churches and churchgoers, and assesses their different contributions to political developments since 1989. He also evaluates the churches' role in promoting a civil society in Africa. Detailed analyses of the state of the churches in Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, and Cameroon suggest more general patterns operating widely across sub-Saharan Africa. |
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... Africa . Let me sketch these two aims in slightly more detail . I will briefly outline the history of sub - Saharan Africa over the last thirty years . I will relate the dynamics within African state and society to the dynamics of African ...
... Africa . Let me sketch these two aims in slightly more detail . I will briefly outline the history of sub - Saharan Africa over the last thirty years . I will relate the dynamics within African state and society to the dynamics of African ...
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... Africa , commenting on the failure of the UN Programme of Action for Africa's Economic Recovery and Development ( 1986-90 ) , Africans were generally 40 % worse off in 1991 than in 1980.48 Per capita consumption in sub - Saharan Africa ...
... Africa , commenting on the failure of the UN Programme of Action for Africa's Economic Recovery and Development ( 1986-90 ) , Africans were generally 40 % worse off in 1991 than in 1980.48 Per capita consumption in sub - Saharan Africa ...
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... Africa's burgeoning Christianity are somewhat different . Africa is not reacting to globalisation by revitalising African traditional religion ; we saw that movements like Afrikania in Ghana ( and Nigeria's Godianism ) have very little ...
... Africa's burgeoning Christianity are somewhat different . Africa is not reacting to globalisation by revitalising African traditional religion ; we saw that movements like Afrikania in Ghana ( and Nigeria's Godianism ) have very little ...
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Accra African Christianity AICs American Angley Anglican anglophone Apostolic Archbishop Baganda Bamenda Bamileke Bamwoze Baptist Biya blessing born-again Busoga Cameroon Catholic bishops Catholic Church centre Chiluba Christ Christian Council Christian Zionism church leaders Church of Uganda civil society claimed clergy colonial committee conference congregations considerable constitution corruption crusades cultural deliverance Democracy demons Derek Prince diocese Douala Duncan-Williams economic elections élite established Evangelical evangelist example expatriate Faith Gospel Full Gospel funds Ghana Ghanaian groups Ibid important independence International involvement Jesus Kampala Kaunda Kumasi leadership London Lusaka mainline churches ministry Mirror Mission missionaries movement Museveni Muslim nation Ndongmo Nevers Mumba Nigeria Nkongsamba Obote organisations Otabil pastor Pentecostal Pentecostal churches political preaching Presbyterian President priests programme Protestant Rawlings Religion religious role Rwanda social spirit structures Synod theology traditional University Press Western World Yaoundé Zaïre Zambia