Title Christianity and public culture in Africa / edited by Harri Englund.

Publication Info.	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (238 pages).
Series	Cambridge Centre of African Studies series
	Cambridge Centre of African Studies series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	pt. 1. Missionary and nationalist encounters -- part 2. Patriarchy and public culture -- part 3. A plurality of pentecostal publics.
Summary	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 Pen.
Subject	Christianity and politics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Christianity and culture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
	Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Church history.
	RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
	RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
	Christianity and culture. (OCoLC)fst00859660
	Christianity and politics. (OCoLC)fst00859736
	Africa, Sub-Saharan. (OCoLC)fst01239520
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
Added Author	Englund, Harri.
Other Form:	Print version: Christianity and public culture in Africa. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011 9780821419458 (DLC) 2010047488 (OCoLC)682895101
ISBN	9780821443668 (electronic bk.)
	0821443666 (electronic bk.)

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