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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460353003321

Titolo

Christianity and public culture in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Harri Englund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8214-4366-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Centre of African Studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

EnglundHarri

Disciplina

261.70967

Soggetti

Christianity and politics - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Christianity and culture - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

Africa, Sub-Saharan Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 Pentecostalism in Afri