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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... significant difference between the economic performance of socialist and capitalist regimes . The credit often given to the Ivory Coast and sometimes to Kenya for their relative economic suc- cess owes less to any ' capitalist ...
... significant difference between the economic performance of socialist and capitalist regimes . The credit often given to the Ivory Coast and sometimes to Kenya for their relative economic suc- cess owes less to any ' capitalist ...
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... significance . " But a consideration of his chapter on sub - Saharan Africa shows how questionable this is . De Gruchy is ... significant as this pastoral letter unquestionably was , it cannot be denied that the Catholic bishops ' silent ...
... significance . " But a consideration of his chapter on sub - Saharan Africa shows how questionable this is . De Gruchy is ... significant as this pastoral letter unquestionably was , it cannot be denied that the Catholic bishops ' silent ...
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... significant.48 The supernaturalistic has largely disappeared ( we will use this term to distinguish the realm of demons , spirits , witches and so on from the supernatural – God , heaven , prayer , the resurrection of Christ ...
... significant.48 The supernaturalistic has largely disappeared ( we will use this term to distinguish the realm of demons , spirits , witches and so on from the supernatural – God , heaven , prayer , the resurrection of Christ ...
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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