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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... activity of the AFRC in 1979. This stirred such revulsion that the PNDC were forced to curtail excesses ( and even execute a former PNDC member whom an enquiry had implicated in the murders ) . In 1983 famine and the expulsion from ...
... activity of the AFRC in 1979. This stirred such revulsion that the PNDC were forced to curtail excesses ( and even execute a former PNDC member whom an enquiry had implicated in the murders ) . In 1983 famine and the expulsion from ...
Page 154
... activities have taken on an added importance as the Uganda government has reduced its activity , both as a result of the general IMF - World Bank philosophy of rolling back the state , and also out of reluctance to squander scarce ...
... activities have taken on an added importance as the Uganda government has reduced its activity , both as a result of the general IMF - World Bank philosophy of rolling back the state , and also out of reluctance to squander scarce ...
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... activity is particularly evident , and particularly important . In some villages the number of school - age children attending school is as low as 2 % . The local Muslim leaders do not value education since their feudal position depends ...
... activity is particularly evident , and particularly important . In some villages the number of school - age children attending school is as low as 2 % . The local Muslim leaders do not value education since their feudal position depends ...
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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