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Title: | AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY - ITS PUBLIC ROLE | |
| Author: | PAUL GIFFORD | |
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| Price: | £15.50 | ||
| Publisher: | C. HURST & CO | ||
| Distributor: | MBS | ||
| ISBN: | 1850653356 | ||
| Format/Size: | PB | ||
| Pages: | 376 | ||
| Publication Date: | 1997 | ||
| LINKS | > Index (by subject) | > Complete list of order forms |
| > C. Hurst & Co Website |
| Description: | Paul Gifford presents, in absorbing and fascinating detail, a survey of Christianity's infinitely varied manifestations in the Africa of the 1990's. In an intrdoductory chapter he establishes the background, drawing particular attention to the endemic political and economic weakness of the African state. He shows how this in some cases has been a threat to the churches, and in others an opportunity: they have played a considerable role in promoting civil society, and have at times acquired great political leverage. |
| Key Points: | Paul Gifford's book is in one sense a necessary update on a situation that has been evolving ever since Africa was first colonised. In another sense, he has produced something completely new: a study of Christian practice in a particular setting, narrated with uncomfortable and unprecedented honesty, from a sympathetic as well as critical viewpoint. The book will be of equal value to students and to committed Christians. |
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