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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... authority types , that of patrimonialism . This , as the name implies , is based on the kind of authority a father has over his children . Here , those lower in the hierarchy are not subordinate officials with defined powers and ...
... authority types , that of patrimonialism . This , as the name implies , is based on the kind of authority a father has over his children . Here , those lower in the hierarchy are not subordinate officials with defined powers and ...
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... authority in Uganda for deploying personnel : whereas the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda has some responsibility for the whole country , the Catholic Archbishop of Kampala has no authority at all outside his own diocese . The Catholic ...
... authority in Uganda for deploying personnel : whereas the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda has some responsibility for the whole country , the Catholic Archbishop of Kampala has no authority at all outside his own diocese . The Catholic ...
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... authority ( Bayart's ' governmentalities ' ) , or making authority more transparent and accountable , may work the other way . There is possibly a crucial dynamic within these churches that militates against democracy . Boone has well ...
... authority ( Bayart's ' governmentalities ' ) , or making authority more transparent and accountable , may work the other way . There is possibly a crucial dynamic within these churches that militates against democracy . Boone has well ...
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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