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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... Bodies, i explore the relation between ageing bodies, illness, technologies and care. drawing on ethnographic work, i retrace the story of a male person, Mr B, who has suffered two strokes in a period of ten years. Stroked Bodies ...
... Bodies, i explore the relation between ageing bodies, illness, technologies and care. drawing on ethnographic work, i retrace the story of a male person, Mr B, who has suffered two strokes in a period of ten years. Stroked Bodies ...
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... bodies are the ordered bodies who stand behind the line, smoke in the designated area, sit in the right part of the bus, queue at the ballot box and wear their uniforms. By conforming to social standards and expectations, human bodies ...
... bodies are the ordered bodies who stand behind the line, smoke in the designated area, sit in the right part of the bus, queue at the ballot box and wear their uniforms. By conforming to social standards and expectations, human bodies ...
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... bodies have a perspective of care on the world. At the same time, bodies are vulnerable. Linguistic bodies are no different in this respect. What, then, are the particular sorts of needing and caring introduced by linguistic bodies ...
... bodies have a perspective of care on the world. At the same time, bodies are vulnerable. Linguistic bodies are no different in this respect. What, then, are the particular sorts of needing and caring introduced by linguistic bodies ...
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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