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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... Pentecostalism in contemporary Africa . Pentecostalism has been in Africa for most of this century - a good many of the classical AICs can rightly be called Pentecostal . But since the 1970s there has appeared a new variety of ...
... Pentecostalism in contemporary Africa . Pentecostalism has been in Africa for most of this century - a good many of the classical AICs can rightly be called Pentecostal . But since the 1970s there has appeared a new variety of ...
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... pentecostal denominations is the Pentecostal Assemblies of God , a fellowship of autonomous churches founded in Uganda in 1935 by missionaries of the Canadian Assemblies of God . They are strongest in the East , having arrived as a ...
... pentecostal denominations is the Pentecostal Assemblies of God , a fellowship of autonomous churches founded in Uganda in 1935 by missionaries of the Canadian Assemblies of God . They are strongest in the East , having arrived as a ...
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... pentecostal churches . But by far the most interesting are the homegrown pentecostal churches . These are mushrooming in luxuriant fashion . Kampala alone has a large number of new churches , with names like the Namirembe Christian ...
... pentecostal churches . But by far the most interesting are the homegrown pentecostal churches . These are mushrooming in luxuriant fashion . Kampala alone has a large number of new churches , with names like the Namirembe Christian ...
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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