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Christian Citizens and the Moral Regeneration of the African State

Beschreibung

This book uses a multi-disciplinary approach to consider the complex relationship between Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity and the socio-political transformation taking place throughout this region.

Autor

Barbara Bompani is a Reader in Africa and International Development at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on the intersection between religion, politics and development in Sub-Saharan Africa. For many years her research has investigated the relationship between religious organisations and their activities and socio-political action in post-apartheid South Africa. Since 2012 she has been involved in a research project that investigates the role of Pentecostal-charismatic churches in framing the public and political discourse around morality, sexuality and nationhood in Uganda. She published (with Maria Frahm-Arp) Development and Politics from Below. Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State and several peer-reviewed articles and chapters in edited volumes. Caroline Valois is a postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology. With a PhD from the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh her research focuses on Christianity, namely Pentecostal or Charismatic movements, sexuality and public health. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals like the Journal of Eastern African Studies and Critical African Studies as well as edited volumes including Christianity and Controversies over Homosexuality in Africa edited by Ezra Chitando and Adriaan van Klinken.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781138242739
• ISBN-10: 113824273X
• Artikelnr.: 50150751