Christianity and public culture in Africa / edited by Harri Englund.
| Other author | Englund, Harri. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | ix, 238 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge Centre of African Studies series Cambridge Centre of African Studies series. ^A1092505 |
| Contents | Introduction : rethinking African Christianities : beyond the religion-politics conundrum / Harri Englund -- Christian mission stations in South-Central Africa : eddies in the flow of global culture / James A. Pritchett -- Debating the secular in Zambia : the response of the Catholic Church to scientific socialism and Christian nation, 1976-2006 / Marja Hinfelaar -- Rejection or reappropriation?: Christian allegory and the critique of Postcolonial public culture in the early novels of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o / Nicholas Kamau-Goro -- The implications of reproductive politics for religious competition in Niger / Barbara M. Cooper -- Public debates about Luo widow inheritance : Christianity, tradition, and AIDS in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- "Arise, oh ye daughters of faith" : women, Pentecostalism, and public culture in Kenya / Damaris Parsitau -- Going and making public : Pentecostalism as public religion in Ghana / Birgit Meyer -- From spiritual warfare to spiritual kinship : Islamophobia and evangelical radio in Malawi / Harri Englund -- Believing practically and trusting socially in Africa : the contrary case of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Durban, South Africa / Ilana Van Wyk -- The gospel of public image in Ghana / Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010047488 |
| ISBN | 9780821419458 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0821419455 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BR1430 .C475 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |