Christianity and public culture in Africa / edited by Harri Englund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Englund, Harri.

Series:

Cambridge Centre of African Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and culture--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Christianity and culture.

Church history.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Church history.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

ix, 238 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2011]

Summary:

The 10 articles of this collection are based in the 2007-8 year of the Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme and associated conference. Based on the contributors' research, the articles offer detailed case studies of Christian churches, missions, policies, and influence in Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, and in the area of south-central Africa. Among the topics are the Catholic response to scientific socialism in Zambia, reproductive politics, and relationship to Islamic believers. Englund (social anthropology, U. of Cambridge) provides an introduction to the field. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Beyond the Religion-Politics Conundrum / Harri Englund Englund, Harri 1

Part I Missionary and Nationalist Encounters

1 Christian Mission Stations in South-Central Africa

Eddies in the Flow of Global Culture / James A. Pritchett Pritchett, James A. 27

2 Debating the Secular in Zambia

The Response of the Catholic Church to Scientific Socialism and Christian Nation, 1976-2006 / Marja Hinfelaar Hinfelaar, Marja 50

3 Rejection or Reappropriation?

Christian Allegory and the Critique of Postcolonial Public Culture in the Early Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong'o / Nicholas Kamau-Goro Kamau-Goro, Nicholas 67

Part II Patriarchy and Public Culture

4 The Implications of Reproductive Politics for Religious Competition in Niger / Barbara M. Cooper Cooper, Barbara M. 89

5 Public Debates about Luo Widow Inheritance

Christianity, Tradition, and AIDS in Western Kenya / Ruth Prince Prince, Ruth 109

6 "Arise, Oh Ye Daughters of Faith"

Women, Pentecostalism, and Public Culture in Kenya / Damaris Parsitau Parsitau, Damaris 131

Part III A Plurality of Pentecostal Publics

7 Going and Making Public

Pentecostalism as Public Religion in Ghana / Birgit Meyer Meyer, Birgit 149

8 From Spiritual Warfare to Spiritual Kinship

Islamophobia and Evangelical Radio in Malawi / Harri Englund Englund, Harri 167

9 Believing Practically and Trusting Socially in Africa

The Contrary Case of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Durban, South Africa / Ilana Van Wyk Wyk, Ilana Van 189

10 The Gospel of Public Image in Ghana / Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo Okyerefo, Michael Perry Kweku 204.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821419458

0821419455

OCLC:

682895101