Christianity and public culture in Africa /

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Imprint:Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (238 pages)
Language:English
Series:Cambridge Centre of African Studies series
Cambridge Centre of African Studies series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11261253
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Other authors / contributors:Englund, Harri, editor.
ISBN:9780821443668
0821443666
9780821419458
0821419455
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
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Summary: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 Pen.
Other form:Print version: Christianity and public culture in Africa. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011 9780821419458
Standard no.:ebc1743629