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Christianity and Public Culture in Africa.
Title:
Christianity and Public Culture in Africa.
Author:
Englund, Harri.
ISBN:
9780821443668
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Series:
Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Rethinking African Christianities -- Part 1: Missionary and Nationalist Encounters -- 1: Christian Mission Stations in South-Central Africa -- 2: Debating the Secular in Zambia -- 3: Rejection or Reappropriation? -- Part 2: Patriarchy and Public Culture -- 4: The Implications of Reproductive Politics for Religious Competition in Niger -- 5: Public Debates about Luo Widow Inheritance -- 6: "Arise, Oh Ye Daughters of Faith" -- Part 3: A Plurality of Pentecostal Publics -- 7: Going and Making Public -- 8: From Spiritual Warfare to Spiritual Kinship -- 9: Believing Practically and Trusting Socially in Africa -- 10: The Gospel of Public Image in Ghana -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Christianity and Public Culture in Africa takes readers beyond familiar images of religious politicians and populations steeped in spirituality.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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