African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development : Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches / Philipp Öhlmann, Wilhelm Gräb, Marie-Luise Frost.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Öhlmann, Philipp, editor.

Gräb, Wilhelm, editor.

Frost, Marie-Luise, editor.

Series:

Routledge Research in Religion and Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contribute to the decolonisation of development. Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, the book includes chapters on West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso) and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa). It aims to open up a subfield focused on African Initiated Christianity within the religion and development discourse, substantially broadening the scope of the existing literature. Written predominantly by scholars from the African continent, the chapters in this volume illuminate potentials and perspectives of African Initiated Christianity, combining theoretical contributions, essays by renowned church leaders, and case studies focusing on particular churches or regional contexts.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780367823825

0367823829

9781000733044

1000733041

9781000733426

1000733424

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367823825