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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... particular cases which happened in anglophone provinces , to anglophones . And the statement before the presidential elections in which the leaders state that ' our duty is not to direct anybody who to vote for ' seems a little ...
... particular cases which happened in anglophone provinces , to anglophones . And the statement before the presidential elections in which the leaders state that ' our duty is not to direct anybody who to vote for ' seems a little ...
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... particular . [ ... ] America has discovered the secret , they give . ' If the message is fairly predictable for such a church , so is the aggressive evangelism . October in particular is ' increase month ' . Every member is enlisted ...
... particular . [ ... ] America has discovered the secret , they give . ' If the message is fairly predictable for such a church , so is the aggressive evangelism . October in particular is ' increase month ' . Every member is enlisted ...
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... particular contribution of the new Pentecostal Christianity that it offers magico - spiritual techniques equal to any in Islam . The competition between the two religions can sometimes be driven by international links . In the particular ...
... particular contribution of the new Pentecostal Christianity that it offers magico - spiritual techniques equal to any in Islam . The competition between the two religions can sometimes be driven by international links . In the particular ...
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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