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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... leaders of the mainline churches , Haynes is extremely negative . Using Gramsci's concept of hegemony , he argues that mainstream religious leaders and the state interact ' to seek to achieve a hegemonic ideology that stresses the ...
... leaders of the mainline churches , Haynes is extremely negative . Using Gramsci's concept of hegemony , he argues that mainstream religious leaders and the state interact ' to seek to achieve a hegemonic ideology that stresses the ...
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... leaders what to do . It's for spiritual leaders to talk to other leaders . I tell you this so you can understand how prophesying about nations works ' . In a democracy , the people do have a right to tell Museveni how to run the country ...
... leaders what to do . It's for spiritual leaders to talk to other leaders . I tell you this so you can understand how prophesying about nations works ' . In a democracy , the people do have a right to tell Museveni how to run the country ...
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... leaders wrote messages of such anger and hatred as if they had never known what we stand for . ' He expressed his shock that Christian leaders could allow what was being published in Icengelo and the National Mirror , and referred with ...
... leaders wrote messages of such anger and hatred as if they had never known what we stand for . ' He expressed his shock that Christian leaders could allow what was being published in Icengelo and the National Mirror , and referred with ...
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