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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... South Africa , which attracted the attention of the world as the apartheid era crumbled . South Africa's liberation theology finds a succinct expression in the Kairos Document produced under the aegis of Johannesburg's Institute for ...
... South Africa , which attracted the attention of the world as the apartheid era crumbled . South Africa's liberation theology finds a succinct expression in the Kairos Document produced under the aegis of Johannesburg's Institute for ...
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... South - east Asia . Therefore they opposed the nationalists with considerable ferocity , especially after the UPC took up guerrilla operations in December 1956 ( French forces remained in Cameroon to lead the struggle against the UPC at ...
... South - east Asia . Therefore they opposed the nationalists with considerable ferocity , especially after the UPC took up guerrilla operations in December 1956 ( French forces remained in Cameroon to lead the struggle against the UPC at ...
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... South Africa , where the latest figures indicate a flowering of independent churches.39 This would seem to reinforce our thesis that the 1980s and 1990s have been for South Africa what the 1950s and 1960s were for Black Africa - years ...
... South Africa , where the latest figures indicate a flowering of independent churches.39 This would seem to reinforce our thesis that the 1980s and 1990s have been for South Africa what the 1950s and 1960s were for Black Africa - years ...
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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