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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... institutions . And it must be said that adopting this new model has not been without problems . Thus a large part of the case of the UCZ's southern secessionists was that the old missionaries adopted a fourfold mission : spiritual ...
... institutions . And it must be said that adopting this new model has not been without problems . Thus a large part of the case of the UCZ's southern secessionists was that the old missionaries adopted a fourfold mission : spiritual ...
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... institutions bring money . The Basel mission- aries had preferred the highlands of the interior to the heat of the coast , and consequently most of their institutions are to be found inland , in the EEC heartland rather than in the UEBC ...
... institutions bring money . The Basel mission- aries had preferred the highlands of the interior to the heat of the coast , and consequently most of their institutions are to be found inland , in the EEC heartland rather than in the UEBC ...
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... institutions have developed to handle various functions previously carried out by one institution . For example , specialist institu- tions have arisen to provide education , health care , welfare and social control , all of which were ...
... institutions have developed to handle various functions previously carried out by one institution . For example , specialist institu- tions have arisen to provide education , health care , welfare and social control , all of which were ...
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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