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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Page 63
... referred to , and the Gha- naian theologian Kwame Bediako even attributes great significance to ' the Afrikania Challenge ' . However , in the 1990s its numbers are almost non - existent , and the organisation is all but dead . This ...
... referred to , and the Gha- naian theologian Kwame Bediako even attributes great significance to ' the Afrikania Challenge ' . However , in the 1990s its numbers are almost non - existent , and the organisation is all but dead . This ...
Page 105
... referred to a spirit , and cast it out . Then I told him to walk , and he is perfect now . ' It is possible to view the rise of deliverance theology as a response to or mutation in the face of the shortfall of faith preaching . Faith ...
... referred to a spirit , and cast it out . Then I told him to walk , and he is perfect now . ' It is possible to view the rise of deliverance theology as a response to or mutation in the face of the shortfall of faith preaching . Faith ...
Page 193
... referred to as David challenging Goliath , and even more frequently being portrayed as Moses , about to bring his people to freedom after almost forty years of fruitless wander- ing in the wilderness . - In his last years in power ...
... referred to as David challenging Goliath , and even more frequently being portrayed as Moses , about to bring his people to freedom after almost forty years of fruitless wander- ing in the wilderness . - In his last years in power ...
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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