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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... associated with the names of Johann Baptist Metz and Jürgen Moltmann . It has come to be most often associated with Latin America , where it was first given full expression in Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation . Its basic focus is ...
... associated with the names of Johann Baptist Metz and Jürgen Moltmann . It has come to be most often associated with Latin America , where it was first given full expression in Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation . Its basic focus is ...
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... associated more with AICs in Ghana , and which in Ghana seem superseded . Although the deliverance mentality is undoubtedly not far below the surface , there is no public evidence in Uganda of Ghana's ' deliverance ' phenomenon . 5 ...
... associated more with AICs in Ghana , and which in Ghana seem superseded . Although the deliverance mentality is undoubtedly not far below the surface , there is no public evidence in Uganda of Ghana's ' deliverance ' phenomenon . 5 ...
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... associated with the mines of the Copperbelt along the Zaïre border . These mines drew workers from far and wide , and have made Zambia among the two or three most urbanised countries in Africa . Today about half its population live in a ...
... associated with the mines of the Copperbelt along the Zaïre border . These mines drew workers from far and wide , and have made Zambia among the two or three most urbanised countries in Africa . Today about half its population live in a ...
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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