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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... election itself was relatively free and fair . The opposition parties cried foul , and refused to take part in the parliamentary elections a few weeks later . " Thus Flt Lt Rawlings became President Rawlings of Ghana's Fourth Republic ...
... election itself was relatively free and fair . The opposition parties cried foul , and refused to take part in the parliamentary elections a few weeks later . " Thus Flt Lt Rawlings became President Rawlings of Ghana's Fourth Republic ...
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... elections for the Constituent Assembly with a programme of civic education and by monitoring the election process on the day itself . The civic education prepared monitors and community leaders , and at the grassroots focused on salient ...
... elections for the Constituent Assembly with a programme of civic education and by monitoring the election process on the day itself . The civic education prepared monitors and community leaders , and at the grassroots focused on salient ...
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... elections , the churches made probably their greatest contribution to a peaceful transition . They joined to form the Christian Churches Monitoring Group , which then became a major force in the formation of the Zambia Elections ...
... elections , the churches made probably their greatest contribution to a peaceful transition . They joined to form the Christian Churches Monitoring Group , which then became a major force in the formation of the Zambia Elections ...
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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