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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... church can also boast an educated and articulate laity . Yet , notwithstanding its prominence , the Catholic Church has obvi- ous weaknesses . Despite the statements of the bishops , its Justice and Peace Commission is only a shadow of ...
... church can also boast an educated and articulate laity . Yet , notwithstanding its prominence , the Catholic Church has obvi- ous weaknesses . Despite the statements of the bishops , its Justice and Peace Commission is only a shadow of ...
Page 147
... Catholic involvement . 80 For the purposes of our present study we must mention two qualities that make the Catholic Church different from the COU : external ties and considerable funds - the two are not unconnected . The external ties ...
... Catholic involvement . 80 For the purposes of our present study we must mention two qualities that make the Catholic Church different from the COU : external ties and considerable funds - the two are not unconnected . The external ties ...
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... Catholic Church to oppose the nationalists , seeing them as communists.1 Traces of this diversity , even disunity , linger into the mid - 1990s.18 The Catholic Church is today the only truly national church in Cameroon , which was ...
... Catholic Church to oppose the nationalists , seeing them as communists.1 Traces of this diversity , even disunity , linger into the mid - 1990s.18 The Catholic Church is today the only truly national church in Cameroon , which was ...
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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