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

• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.70967
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and politics - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Christianity and culture - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Church history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: EnglundHarri
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Christianity and public culture in Africa
• ISBN: 0-8214-4366-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460353003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Centre of African Studies series.