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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... American Pente- costalism - Stoll particularly . Dealing with Nicaragua and Guatemala especially , in the 1980s , he is very sensitive to American political interest in the region ; this was the height of Reaganism . He is no conspiracy ...
... American Pente- costalism - Stoll particularly . Dealing with Nicaragua and Guatemala especially , in the 1980s , he is very sensitive to American political interest in the region ; this was the height of Reaganism . He is no conspiracy ...
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... Americans in such short - term missions in 1989 at 120,000.87 It must be said that much of this short - term work , even when it involves non- Americans , is on behalf of American multinational mission agencies like Youth With A Mission ...
... Americans in such short - term missions in 1989 at 120,000.87 It must be said that much of this short - term work , even when it involves non- Americans , is on behalf of American multinational mission agencies like Youth With A Mission ...
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... American sentiment on the continent . America was not included in the tirades against colonialism . In Africa , American economic involvement has never been the obtrusive factor that it is in Latin America – or as even French ...
... American sentiment on the continent . America was not included in the tirades against colonialism . In Africa , American economic involvement has never been the obtrusive factor that it is in Latin America – or as even French ...
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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