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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Its Public Role Paul Gifford. Memorial Centre is a Presbyterian theological centre , yet its significant links are mainly to Evangelical ( i.e. non - World Council ) bodies ; that is the the- ology it best represents.38 An Anglican ...
Its Public Role Paul Gifford. Memorial Centre is a Presbyterian theological centre , yet its significant links are mainly to Evangelical ( i.e. non - World Council ) bodies ; that is the the- ology it best represents.38 An Anglican ...
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... Centre , Victory Christian Centre , the Church on the Rock , and Abundant Life . Similar churches have appeared in all the major centres in 1996 there were eleven in Mbarara and an estimated fifty in Soroti ; some of these , like ...
... Centre , Victory Christian Centre , the Church on the Rock , and Abundant Life . Similar churches have appeared in all the major centres in 1996 there were eleven in Mbarara and an estimated fifty in Soroti ; some of these , like ...
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... centres as well . These movements organise themselves , and organise events for groups of centres , and for deaneries , dioceses and even at national level , all with only very loose supervision by the clergy . Again , they function ...
... centres as well . These movements organise themselves , and organise events for groups of centres , and for deaneries , dioceses and even at national level , all with only very loose supervision by the clergy . Again , they function ...
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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