Power, poverty, and prayer : the challenges of poverty and pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 / Ogbu U. Kalu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalu, Ogbu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Poverty.

Christianity and politics.

Africa--Church history--20th century.

Africa.

Church history.

Christianity and politics--Africa--History--20th century.

Poverty--Africa--History--20th century.

Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Africa World Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2006.

Contents:

The changing faces of Christianity in Africa

Ashes on our faces : the state, modernization, and poverty

Sacred eggs on sacred faces : worldview, ecology, and development failure

Tools of hope : stagnation and political theology, 1960-1996

Beauty for ashes : Pentecostalism, power, and poverty, 1970-1996

Violent faces of religion : the dilemma of pluralism in Nigeria

Daughters of Ethiopia : gender, power, and poverty in African Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1592213936

1592213944

OCLC:

61352981