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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... meeting.43 Since January 1993 it has been compulsory to attend these ' homecare ' meetings . Failure to attend means , in the words of an official directive , that ' the Premarital Department will not accept you for counselling for ...
... meeting.43 Since January 1993 it has been compulsory to attend these ' homecare ' meetings . Failure to attend means , in the words of an official directive , that ' the Premarital Department will not accept you for counselling for ...
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... meeting of all the clergy of the seceding archdeaconry and their wives , at which they acknowledged their sin of rebellion and asked for forgiveness from Mbale diocese , the House of Bishops and the entire Church ' . This meeting was ...
... meeting of all the clergy of the seceding archdeaconry and their wives , at which they acknowledged their sin of rebellion and asked for forgiveness from Mbale diocese , the House of Bishops and the entire Church ' . This meeting was ...
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... meeting , only to receive an injunction from Rome informing them that the Presbyterian sisters ' would be quite out of place in such a gathering ' . " But even among the Protestant churches themselves there is little cooperation . Some ...
... meeting , only to receive an injunction from Rome informing them that the Presbyterian sisters ' would be quite out of place in such a gathering ' . " But even among the Protestant churches themselves there is little cooperation . Some ...
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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