Jesus and Ubuntu : exploring the social impact of Christianity in Africa / edited by Mwenda Ntarangwi

Published:: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: vi, 257 pages : map ; 22 cm
Additional Creators:: Ntarangwi, Mwenda

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Contents:

Introduction : African Christianity : Africa, politics, and socioeconomc realities / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- Faith and politics in post-colonial Africa / David Hoekema -- Culture, missions, and Africa's lessons for Western Christianity / Caitlin McGill -- Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church in Ghana / Ross Acheson -- Charismatic renewal : lessons in missions from the Kenyan church / Joshua S. Kuipers -- The Gospel for Ethiopia by Ethiopians : Mapping the contested terrains between Pentecostals and Marxist Radicals / Tibebe Eshete -- From the fringes to the centre : Pentecostal Christianity in the public sphere in Kenya (1970-2009) / Damaris S. Parsitau -- The Catholic Church and civic education in the slums of Nairobi / Christine M. Bodewes -- Reflecting on church-state relationship in Kenya / Njonjo Mue -- Literacy teaching and learning in Sierra Leone / Johanna Kuyvenhoven.

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ISBN:

9781592218424 (hardcover)
1592218423 (hardcover)
9781592218431 (pbk.)
1592218431 (pbk.)

Note:

"Essays in this volume come out of a conference on the social impact of Christianity in Africa held at the campus of Calvin College in the summer of 2009"--Introd.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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