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Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Africa [electronic resource] / edited by Terence O. Ranger. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xxx, 267 p.) - Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South . - Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.

Introduction : Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Africa / Terence O. Ranger -- Evangelicals, Muslims, and democracy : with particular reference to the Declaration of Sharia in northern Nigeria / Cyril Imo -- Evangelical attitudes toward democracy in Kenya / John Karanja -- President Frederick Chiluba and Zambia : Evangelicals and democracy in a "Christian nation" / Isabel Apawo Phiri -- Foundations for democracy in Zimbabwean Evangelical Christianity / Isabel Mukonyora -- Evangelicals and democracy in Mozambique / Teresa Cruz e Silva -- From apartheid to the new dispensation : Evangelicals and the democratization of South Africa / Anthony Balcomb -- Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Africa : a response / Paul Gifford.

One of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? This book considers the case of Africa.

ISBN: 9780199721238 (electronic bk.) 0199721238 (electronic bk.) 0195174771 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195174779 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195308026 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780195308020 (pbk. : alk. paper) 6611851623 9786611851620

Standard No.: 40015327695

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evangelicalism--Political aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and politics--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR1642.A35 / E93 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 322/.10967