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Christianity and Public Culture in Africa (Paperback)
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Christianity and Public Culture in Africa (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
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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 Africa and highlight the region's remarkable
denominational diversity. Scholars and students alike will find
these essays timely and impressive. The contributors demonstrate
how the public significance of Christianity varies across time and
place. They explore rural Africa and the continent's major cities,
and colonial and missionary situations, as well as mass-mediated
ideas and images in the twenty-first century. They also reveal the
plurality of Pentecostalism in Africa and keep in view the
continent's continuing denominational diversity. Students and
scholars will find these topical studies to be impressive in scope.
Contributors: Barbara M. Cooper, Harri Englund, Marja Hinfelaar,
Nicholas Kamau-Goro, Birgit Meyer, Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo,
Damaris Parsitau, Ruth Prince, James A. Pritchett, Ilana van Wyk
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