Christianity and public culture in Africa /

Christianity and public culture in Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Christianity and politics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Christianity and culture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Christianity and culture. Christianity and politics. Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Church history. Sub-Saharan Africa. Electronic books. Church history.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Missionary and nationalist encounters
pt. 2. Patriarchy and public culture
pt. 3. A plurality of pentecostal publics.