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Religion and poverty : Pan-African perspectives / Peter J. Paris, ed. ; foreword by Jacob Olupona.

Contributor(s): Paris, Peter J, 1933-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: xxiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780822343561 (alk. paper); 0822343568 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Christianity -- Africa | Church and social problems -- Africa | Religion and civil society -- Africa | Poverty -- AfricaDDC classification: 261.8/325096 LOC classification: BR1360 | .R45 2009Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
An ethical mapping of the transatlantic slave trade / Katie G. Cannon -- Feminization of poverty across Pan-African societies : the church's response : alleviative or emancipatory? / Barbara Bailey -- The informal economy and the religion of global capital / Takatso A. Mofokeng -- A theological perspective on the effects of globalization on poverty in Pan-African contexts / Lewin L. Williams -- African traditional religion and the concept of poverty / Elizabeth Amoah -- Religion and poverty : ritual and empowerment in Africa and the African diaspora / Linda E. Thomas and Dwight N. Hopkins -- The Bible and poverty in African Pentecostal Christianity : the bosadi (womanhood) approach / Madipoane Masenya -- The struggle for full humanity in poverty-stricken Kenya / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- Poverty among African people and the ambiguous role of Christian thought / Kossi A. Ayedze -- Religion and materiality : the case of poverty alleviation / Esther M. Mombo -- Warm bodies, cold currency : a study of religion's response to poverty / Anthony B. Pinn -- Nyerere on ujamaa and Christianity as transforming forces in society / Laurenti Magesa -- Caribbean issues : the Caribbean and African American churches' response / Noel Leo Erskine -- Africa's poverty, human rights, and a just society / Simeon O. Ilesanmi -- Self-initiation : a necessary principle in the African struggle to abolish poverty / Peter J. Paris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An ethical mapping of the transatlantic slave trade / Katie G. Cannon -- Feminization of poverty across Pan-African societies : the church's response : alleviative or emancipatory? / Barbara Bailey -- The informal economy and the religion of global capital / Takatso A. Mofokeng -- A theological perspective on the effects of globalization on poverty in Pan-African contexts / Lewin L. Williams -- African traditional religion and the concept of poverty / Elizabeth Amoah -- Religion and poverty : ritual and empowerment in Africa and the African diaspora / Linda E. Thomas and Dwight N. Hopkins -- The Bible and poverty in African Pentecostal Christianity : the bosadi (womanhood) approach / Madipoane Masenya -- The struggle for full humanity in poverty-stricken Kenya / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- Poverty among African people and the ambiguous role of Christian thought / Kossi A. Ayedze -- Religion and materiality : the case of poverty alleviation / Esther M. Mombo -- Warm bodies, cold currency : a study of religion's response to poverty / Anthony B. Pinn -- Nyerere on ujamaa and Christianity as transforming forces in society / Laurenti Magesa -- Caribbean issues : the Caribbean and African American churches' response / Noel Leo Erskine -- Africa's poverty, human rights, and a just society / Simeon O. Ilesanmi -- Self-initiation : a necessary principle in the African struggle to abolish poverty / Peter J. Paris.

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