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Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Africa [electronic resource] / edited by Terence O. Ranger.
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TextSeries: Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global SouthPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 267 p.)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
- 322/.10967 22
- BR1642.A35 E93 2008eb
Contents:
Summary: 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.
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.
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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.
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