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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2011.Description: vi, 257 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781592218424 (hardcover)
  • 1592218423 (hardcover)
  • 9781592218431 (pbk.)
  • 1592218431 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 276.7/083 23
LOC classification:
  • BR1430 .J47 2011
Online resources:
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.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack BR1430.J47.2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 79794
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"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"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-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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