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Author : Catholic Institute of West Africa. Theology Week
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : IND:30000093966145
Author : Robert Kwasi Aboagye-Mensah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070607655
Author : Paul Gifford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004103244
VI. Identity crisis by Desmond Tutu.
Author : Terence O. Ranger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199721238
In recent decades, Christianity has acquired millions of new adherents in Africa, the region with the world's fastest-expanding population. What role has this development of evangelical Christianity played in Africa's democratic history? To what extent do its churches affect its politics? By taking a historical view and focusing specifically on the events of the past few years, Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa seeks to explore these questions, offering individual case studies of six countries: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, and Mozambique. Unlike most analyses of democracy which come from a secular Western tradition, these contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Africa, bring first-hand knowledge to their chapters and employ both field and archival research to develop their data and analyses. The result is a groundbreaking work that will be indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of this volatile region. Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South, which seeks to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion -- Islam -- fuels vexed debate among analysts the world over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics.
Author : Samuel Kobia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X006007691
Author : Joachim Kügler,Masiiwa Ragies Gunda
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783863090913
Section 1: The Bible and broad political discourses in Africa. "Rewriting" the Bible or de-biblifying the public sphere? Proposals and propositions on the usage of the Bible by public figures in Zimbabwe/ by Masiiwa Ragies Gunda. The Bible and the quest for democracy and democratization in Africa: the Zimbabwe experience / by Eliot Tofa. The Bible and the quest for developmental justice: the case of orphans in Namibia / by Jannie Hunter. The Bible in the service of pan-africanism: the case of Dr Tafataona Mahoso's pan-african biblical exegesis / by Obvious Vengeyi. The ANC's deployment of religion in nation building: from Thabo Mbeki, to "the RDP of the soul", to Jacob Zuma / by Gerald West. The Bible and democracy in Africa: how biblical science can contribute towards the establishment of plurality and democracy, the Bible as a relevant tool in the quest for engendering plurality / by Jephthah Kiara Gathaka. Section 2: Some readings of the Bible in/for political discourses in Africa. Contextual theological reading of the Bible with indigenous communities: the case of the Basarwa/San in Botswana / by Moji Ruele. A theological reflection on Romans 13:1-7 in the 21st century Zimbabwean politics / by Phillemon M. Chamburuka. The Judas Iscariot episode In the zimbabwean religio-political debate of "selling out" / by Francis Machingura. Inspiring for liberation - legitimizing for occupation : interpretations of the Exodus from southern Africa / by Stephanie Feder. Politics of feeding: reading John 6 (and 1 Cor 11) as documents of socio-political conflicts / by Joachim Kügler. "If my people ..." a critical analysis of the deployment of 2 Chronicles 7:14 during the Zimbabwean crisis / by Ezra Chitando. Towards a new reading of the bible in africa - spy exegesis / by Canisius Mwandayi. Empowering the poor: the Bible and the poor in informal settlements in Africa with reference to Mangaung, South Africa / Pieter Verster. Section 3: The bible, gender and politics in Africa. The politics of "biblical manhood": a critical study of masculinity politics and biblical hermeneutics in a Zambian pentecostal church / Adriaan S. Van Klinken. The bible as a source of strength among Zimbabwean women during socio-economic and political crises / by Elizabeth Vengeyi. An analysis of the application of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-14: the politics of pentecostalism and women's ministries in Zimbabwe / by Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga.
Author : Laurenti Magesa,Zablon John Nthamburi
Publisher : Action Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021838714
"The contributors creatively explore the theme of 'democracy', noting its openness to a wide variety of meanings and interpretations. The book lucidly documents the fact that although in practice 'democracy' may not be perfect or easily attainable, its tenets are worth promoting in every society and nation everywhere. The Church has a responsibility to engage itself in this endeavour, beginning with itself and radiating its exemplary teaching and action throughout the rest of society. Appreciating the role of the Church as an agent of reconciliation, the book urges for the enhancement of that role in every nation. The book extends the challenge to Africans in general, and theologians in particular, to critically reflect on the democratization and reconciliation processes in their respective nations, in order to facilitate a meeting of minds concerning the destiny of Africa."--
Author : J. N. Kanyua Mugambi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073134954
Author : Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037473363
The impact of religion on the political process has come to the fore in recent years in a wide variety of societies. Yet the significant and varied ways in which the rapidly changing religious context has impacted on the politics of modern Africa is still a relatively neglected field. This book, which is designed to fill this gap in the teaching of African Politics, assembles and analyses an enormous amount of hitherto scattered material on the interaction between politics and religious groups in the post-independence, but also colonial, eras. Dr Haynes focuses on all three of the main organised religious traditions in Africa - Christian, Islamic and 'syncretistic' movements, including the rise of various fundamentalist groups. His thematic and comparative approach embraces all parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks to locate the role of religion in the African political process in its historical, social and international contexts. In doing so, he illuminates what has often been a profoundly important factor affecting the stability of governments, evolution of civil society and even the development trajectory of many African countries. The author's combination of theoretical context, rich empirical information and thoughtful analysis makes this book ideal as a text for students, as well as commanding a wider interest.
Author : Hizkias Assefa,George Wachira
Publisher : East African Educ. Publ.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070668954
In what has become known as Africa's "second liberation," there has been a renewed drive from within for peace and good governance. Church leaders have been key actors in this drive as is evident in their peacemaking initiatives and their commitment to peaceful change. African scholars explore in this book the transition phenomenon as it unfolded in East and Southern Africa. They reflect on the theological, historical, philosophical and traditional perpsectives of the churches' involvement in the socio-political transition in Africa. Case studies of South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia, Zaire and Kenya have been used with a view to providing a practical counterpoint and hope for the future.
Author : Michael Walker
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928355137
Germany and South Africa experienced drastic social transitions with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1986 and the end of Apartheid in 1994. This book consists of a collection of essays from German and South African theologians who analyse the role that religious communities had, and are still playing within the respective civil societies. The concept and texture of civil society are analysed; case studies are presented; theological perspectives are given on the relation between church, state and civil society; and guidelines are provided for the healing role that Christian religious communities can play in Germany and South Africa. This book is mainly directed at theologians and scholars in religious studies, however, sociologists and political philosophers may also find the essays informative. Besides the wide variety of theological approaches; sociological and empirical data; and practical theological perspective, the book also yields interesting comparative analysis on two societies in transition.
Author : Henry Okullu
Publisher : Uzima Publishing House
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Kapya J. Kaoma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Church and state
ISBN : 1592219853
In 1991 Zambia, the return to multi-party democracy raised hopes similar to those of 1964. But these hopes were shattered. The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) administration became more corrupt and repressive than the UNIP government. In 2011, the Patriotic Front wrestled power from the MMD - and raised hopes of economic advancement and liberty. Within two years, those hopes were shattered. Acknowledging the Church's role in politics, 'Raised Hopes Shattered Dreams' provides the theological rationale for this involvement.
Author : John Witte
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029735662
In the past, Christianity has had both positive and negative influences on democracy. Christian churches have served as benevolent agents of welfare and catalysts of political reform. But they have also served as belligerent allies of repression and censors of human rights. Christian theology has helped to cultivate democratic ideas of equality, liberty, and responsibility. But it has also helped to perpetuate repressive ideas of statism, elitism, and chauvinism. In the future, Christian attitudes and actions concerning democracy will face a formidable challenge - both from inside and outside of the Christian community. From inside, new liberation and ecumenical movements will continue to challenge Christianity to lend greater aid to the poor and the oppressed and greater support to the cause of political reform and renewal. From outside, the collapse of socialist ideologies, the emergence of Islam, and the growing secularization of the West will challenge Christianity to develop a more coherent and consistent teaching on democratic law and politics. This collection brings together leading politicians, clerics, and academics of a variety of political positions and Christian persuasions to debate what Christianity has contributed in the past and what it should contribute in the future to the shape of democratic government around the world. It is a crucial contribution to current thought on religion and politics.
Author : John Vernon Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCSC:32106000173325
