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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... anglophone John Fru Ndi and his Social Democratic Front ( SDF ) . The anglophones have become particularly strident in their denunciation of Biya's government , which they tend to dismiss as totally corrupt and incompetent . Their ...
... anglophone John Fru Ndi and his Social Democratic Front ( SDF ) . The anglophones have become particularly strident in their denunciation of Biya's government , which they tend to dismiss as totally corrupt and incompetent . Their ...
Page 248
... anglophones of the grasslands round Bamenda , where Fru Ndi comes from , are Bamileke also ; conversely , the coastal forest anglophones are quite different from their anglophone neighbours to the north . ) The Bamileke , whose ...
... anglophones of the grasslands round Bamenda , where Fru Ndi comes from , are Bamileke also ; conversely , the coastal forest anglophones are quite different from their anglophone neighbours to the north . ) The Bamileke , whose ...
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... anglophone provinces , to anglophones . And the statement before the presidential elections in which the leaders state that ' our duty is not to direct anybody who to vote for ' seems a little disingenuous . They claim impartiality and ...
... anglophone provinces , to anglophones . And the statement before the presidential elections in which the leaders state that ' our duty is not to direct anybody who to vote for ' seems a little disingenuous . They claim impartiality and ...
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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