African Christianity Its Public Role

Name: African Christianity Its Public Role
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ISBN: 9780253212047

ISBN-10: 0253212049

ISBN-13: 9780253212047

Edition: 1998

Authors: Paul Gifford

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Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 7/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.55" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations



The Context: Africa Now


The legacy of colonialism


Neo-patrimonialism


Externality


Moves for reform


Civil society



The African Churches: their Global Context


Theology


A new Pentecostal wave


The Faith Gospel


Ecclesiastical externality


Method


Situating this study



Ghana


Facts and figures


The Catholic Church


The Protestant churches


New churches


Deliverance


Civil society



Uganda


Church-state relations


The internal ordering of churches


Ethnic issues


A comparison of the COU and the Catholic Church


The Pentecostal churches


The socio-political role of Pentecostalism



Zambia


The churches


The churches' role in Zambia's change of regime


'A Christian nation'


A corrupt and uncaring Christian nation


The internal ordering of the churches


The changing born-agains



Cameroon


The Catholic Church


The Protestant churches


The born-again community


The churches' role in society



The Churches' Public Role


Extraversion


Different Christianities


Africa's new Christianity


Civil society


Select Bibliography


Index