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Jesus and Ubuntu : exploring the social impact of Christianity in Africa / edited by Mwenda Ntarangwi.

Contributor(s): Ntarangwi, Mwenda
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: vi, 257 pages : map ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781592218431 (pbk.); 1592218431 (pbk.); 9781592218424 (hardcover); 1592218423 (hardcover)Subject(s): Christian sociology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses | Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Church history -- Congresses | Christianity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- CongressesDDC classification: 276.7/083 LOC classification: BR1430 | .J47 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-248) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : African Christianity : Africa, politics, and socioeconomc realities / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- Faith and politics in post-colonial Africa / David Hoekema -- Culture, missions, and Africa's lessons for Western Christianity / Caitlin McGill -- Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church in Ghana / Ross Acheson -- Charismatic renewal : lessons in missions from the Kenyan church / Joshua S. Kuipers -- The Gospel for Ethiopia by Ethiopians : mapping the contested terrains between Pentecostals and Marxist Radicals / Tibebe Eshete -- From the fringes to the centre : Pentecostal Christianity in the public sphere in Kenya (1970-2009) / Damaris S. Parsitau -- The Catholic Church and civic education in the slums of Nairobi / Christine M. Bodewes -- Reflecting on church-state relationship in Kenya / Njonjo Mue -- Literacy teaching and learning in Sierra Leone / Johanna Kuyvenhoven.

"Essays in this volume come out of a conference on the social impact of Christianity in Africa held at the campus of Calvin College in the summer of 2009"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-248) and index.

Introduction : African Christianity : Africa, politics, and socioeconomc realities / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- Faith and politics in post-colonial Africa / David Hoekema -- Culture, missions, and Africa's lessons for Western Christianity / Caitlin McGill -- Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church in Ghana / Ross Acheson -- Charismatic renewal : lessons in missions from the Kenyan church / Joshua S. Kuipers -- The Gospel for Ethiopia by Ethiopians : mapping the contested terrains between Pentecostals and Marxist Radicals / Tibebe Eshete -- From the fringes to the centre : Pentecostal Christianity in the public sphere in Kenya (1970-2009) / Damaris S. Parsitau -- The Catholic Church and civic education in the slums of Nairobi / Christine M. Bodewes -- Reflecting on church-state relationship in Kenya / Njonjo Mue -- Literacy teaching and learning in Sierra Leone / Johanna Kuyvenhoven.

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