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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... issues for political analysis , and issues that are missed if questions of the political role of religion are asked purely in terms of church versus state . Theology usually connotes reflective paradigmatic thought , elaborated by ...
... issues for political analysis , and issues that are missed if questions of the political role of religion are asked purely in terms of church versus state . Theology usually connotes reflective paradigmatic thought , elaborated by ...
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... issues like abortion , homo- sexuality , the equal rights amendment , ' welfare ' , the teaching of evolution in ... issue , " women are subordinate , welfare systems are inadequate , and the courts are usually subservient to the ...
... issues like abortion , homo- sexuality , the equal rights amendment , ' welfare ' , the teaching of evolution in ... issue , " women are subordinate , welfare systems are inadequate , and the courts are usually subservient to the ...
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... issues facing the church itself . Doornbos outlines many of the issues which the church will confront in the near future , for example the decline in missionary numbers , and concludes that none of them is being addressed.84 Kassimir ...
... issues facing the church itself . Doornbos outlines many of the issues which the church will confront in the near future , for example the decline in missionary numbers , and concludes that none of them is being addressed.84 Kassimir ...
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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