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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Englund, Harri.

Series:

Cambridge Centre of African Studies 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.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Church history.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christianity and Public Culture in Africa takes readers beyond familiar images of religious politicians and populations steeped in spirituality. It shows how critical reason and Christian convictions have combined in surprising ways as African Christians confront issues such as national constitutions, gender relations, and the continuing struggle with HIV/AIDS. The wide-ranging essays included here explore rural Africa and the continent's major cities, colonial and missionary legacies, and mass media images in the twenty-first century. They also reveal the diversity of Pentecostalism in Afri

Contents:

pt. 1. Missionary and nationalist encounters

pt. 2. Patriarchy and public culture

pt. 3. A plurality of pentecostal publics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443668

0821443666

OCLC:

884016820