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Christianity and public culture in Africa / edited by Harri Englund.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Centre of African Studies seriesPublication details: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780821443668
  • 0821443666
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity and public culture in Africa.DDC classification:
  • 261.70967 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1430 .C475 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. 1. Missionary and nationalist encounters -- pt. 2. Patriarchy and public culture -- pt. 3. A plurality of pentecostal publics.
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)361512

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.

Print version record.

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

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.