Religion And Development In Africa

Author : Ezra Chitando
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863097351
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Development in Africa written by Ezra Chitando and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another community/ country is "under-developed"? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to development or underdevelopment in Africa? These and related questions elicit quite charged reactions in African studies, development studies, political science and related fields. Africa's own history, including the memory of marginalisation, slavery and exploitation by global powers ensures that virtually every discussion on development is characterised by a lot of emotions and conflicting views. In this volume scholars from various African countries and many different religions and denominations contribute to this debate."--

Author : Laura S. Grillo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351260707
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religions in Contemporary Africa written by Laura S. Grillo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religions in Contemporary Africa is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the three main religious traditions on the African continent, African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam. The book provides a historical overview of these important traditions and focuses on the roles they play in African societies today. It includes social, cultural and political case studies from across the continent on the following topical issues: Witchcraft and modernity Power and politics Conflict and peace Media and popular culture Development Human rights Illness and health Gender and sexuality With suggestions for further reading, discussion questions, illustrations and a list of glossary terms this is the ideal textbook for students in religion, African studies and adjacent fields approaching this subject area for the first time.

Author : Amanze, James N.
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 9996060764
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Development in Southern and Central Africa: Vol 2 written by Amanze, James N. and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a result of a joint conference, which was held from 18th-22nd July 2017 under the theme Religion, Citizenship and Development – Southern African Perspectives." The theme of the conference was adopted in order to underline the importance and significance of religion in the socio-economic development of people in the world generally and in Southern and Central Africa in particular. The papers in the book are divided into two volumes. Volume one consists of papers which directly discuss religion and development in one form or another. The second volume contains papers that discuss religion and other pertinent issues related to development. The papers are grouped into sub-themes for ease of reference. These include Citizenship and Development, Migration and Development, Disability and Development, Pentecostal Churches and Development and Religion and Society. All in all, despite a divergence of sub-themes in volume two, all point to issues to do with the role of religion in development in Southern and Central Africa today.

Author : Masiiwa Ragies Gunda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783863097363
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Development in Africa written by Masiiwa Ragies Gunda and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another community/ country is "under-developed"? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to development or underdevelopment in Africa? These and related questions elicit quite charged reactions in African studies, development studies, political science and related fields. Africa's own history, including the memory of marginalisation, slavery and exploitation by global powers ensures that virtually every discussion on development is characterised by a lot of emotions and conflicting views. In this volume scholars from various African countries and many different religions and denominations contribute to this debate.

Author : Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429671571
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Human Security in Africa written by Ezra Chitando and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across diverse countries and contexts in Africa, religion has direct implications for human security. While some individuals and groups seek to manipulate and control through the deployment of religion, religious belief is also a common facet of those working towards peace and reconciliation. Despite the strategic importance of religion to human security in Africa, there are few contemporary publications that explore this issue on an international scale. This volume redresses that imbalance by examining religion’s impact on human security across Africa. Written by an international team of contributors, this book looks in detail at the intersection of religion and security in a variety of African contexts. Case studies from a diverse set of countries including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Burkina Faso, and more, are used to illustrate wider trends across the continent. Acknowledging that religion can be used to incite violence as well as encourage peace, the chapters employ an interdisciplinary exploration of the ethics, sociology, and politics around these issues. This is much needed volume on religion’s capacity to effect human security. It will, therefore, be of significant interest to any scholar of religious studies, African studies, political science, the sociology of religion, and anthropology, as well as peace, conflict, and reconciliation studies.

Author : A. E. Orobator
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626982765
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Faith in Africa written by A. E. Orobator and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before his conversion to Christianity, A E Orobator was raised in the practice of traditional African religion - animism. This repository of African religion, he maintains - at its heart a deep belief in the livingness of creation - is the soil in which Christianity and Islam have taken root. Drawn from his "Duffy Lectures" delivered at Boston College, Orobator examines the living interplay between African religion, Christianity, and Islam in Africa, and argues that the religious experience and spiritual imagination of Africa offers a genius capable of renewing the global community of believers. Among these gifts: a deep conscience of transcendence in day-to-day living; reverence towards human and natural ecologies; and a holistic understanding of creation and shared responsibility of stewardship for the universe.

Author : Paul Gifford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190495732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity, Development and Modernity in Africa written by Paul Gifford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an important if largely unremarked diversity within African Christianity; on the one hand, an enchanted Christianity that views the world as pervaded by spiritual forces, and on the other a disenchanted Christianity that discounts such forces. An enchanted Christian sees his glorious destiny threatened by witches, marine spirits, spirit spouses, and ancestral curses. Churches catering for this worldview lay bare the workings of this spirit world, deliver those suffering from spirit attacks, and equip members to combat these forces. This enchanted imagination, along with the prosperity gospel, and emphasis on the pastor's 'anointing', are the principal characteristics of much African Pentecostalism. Gifford argues that the enchanted religious imagination militates against development by encouraging fear and distrust.

Author : B. Bompani
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230283209
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development and Politics from Below written by B. Bompani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa.

Author : Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199790582
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Religions written by Jacob K. Olupona and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.

Author : Cephas N. Omenyo
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9401210578
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trajectories of Religion in Africa written by Cephas N. Omenyo and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, in the main, discusses issues relating to mission, ecumenism, and theological education and is presented in four sections. The first segment discusses works on ecumenical and theological education and assesses the relevance of the World Council of Churches. Other issues discussed in this segment relate to the interrelationships that exist between academic theology, ecumenism, and Christianity. The World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910, which set the agenda for world-wide mission in a promising manner in the 1920s, is also assessed in this section of the work. The second segment, which covers Religion and Public Space, discusses works that examine the relationships between religion and power, religion and development, religion and traditional religious beliefs, and religion and practices in Africa. The third segment of the book treats Religion and Cultural Practices in African and how all these work out in couching out an African theology and African Christianity. Some of the issues discussed in this section related to African traditional philosophy, spiritism, and the interrelationships that exist between African Christianity and African Traditional Religion. The last segment of the book discusses the issue of African biblical hermeneutics and specifically looks at contemporary hermeneutical approaches to biblical interpretations in Africa.