Christianity and Public Culture in Africa

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ISBN: 9780821420225 | 0821420224
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Copyright: 6/19/2012

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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 haw combined in surprising ways as African Christians confront issues such as national constitutions, gender relations, and the continuing struggle with HIV/AIDS.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Rethinking African Christianities Beyond the Religion-Politics Conundrum	p. 1
Missionary and Nationalist Encounters
Christian Mission Stations in South-Central Africa Eddies in the Flow of Global Culture	p. 27
Debating the Secular in Zambia: The Response of the Catholic Church to Scientific Socialism and Christian Nation, 1976-2006	p. 50
Rejection or Reappropriation? Christian Allegory and the Critique of Postcolonial Public Culture in the Early Novels of Ngugi wa ThiongÆo	p. 67
Patriarchy and Public Culture
The Implications of Reproductive Politics for Religious Competition in Niger	p. 89
Public Debates about Luo Widow Inheritance Christianity, Tradition, and AIDS in Western Kenya	p. 109
"Arise, Oh Ye Daughters of Faith" Women, Pentecostalism, and Public Culture in Kenya	p. 131
A Plurality of Pentecostal Publics
Going and Making Public Pentecostalism as Public Religion in Ghana	p. 149
From Spiritual Warfare to Spiritual Kinship Islamophobia and Evangelical Radio in Malawi	p. 167
Believing Practically and Trusting Socially in Africa The Contrary Case of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Durban, South Africa	p. 189
The Gospel of Public Image in Ghana	p. 204
Bibliography	p. 217
Contributors	p. 233
Index	p. 235
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