African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development

This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contr...

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description This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contribute to the decolonisation of development. Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, the book includes chapters on West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso) and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa). It aims to open up a subfield focused on African Initiated Christianity within the religion and development discourse, substantially broadening the scope of the existing literature. Written predominantly by scholars from the African continent, the chapters in this volume illuminate potentials and perspectives of African Initiated Christianity, combining theoretical contributions, essays by renowned church leaders, and case studies focusing on particular churches or regional contexts. While the contributions in this book focus on the African continent, the notion of development underlying the concept of the volume is deliberately wide and multidimensional, covering economic, social, ecological, political, and cultural dimensions. Therefore, the book will be useful for the community of scholars interested in religion and development as well as researchers within African studies, anthropology, development studies, political science, religious studies, sociology of religion, and theology. It will also be a key resource for development policymakers and practitioners.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1216972025-03-20T18:52:53Z African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development Öhlmann, Philipp Gräb, Wilhelm Frost, Marie-Luise Society and culture: general Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contribute to the decolonisation of development. Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, the book includes chapters on West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso) and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa). It aims to open up a subfield focused on African Initiated Christianity within the religion and development discourse, substantially broadening the scope of the existing literature. Written predominantly by scholars from the African continent, the chapters in this volume illuminate potentials and perspectives of African Initiated Christianity, combining theoretical contributions, essays by renowned church leaders, and case studies focusing on particular churches or regional contexts. While the contributions in this book focus on the African continent, the notion of development underlying the concept of the volume is deliberately wide and multidimensional, covering economic, social, ecological, political, and cultural dimensions. Therefore, the book will be useful for the community of scholars interested in religion and development as well as researchers within African studies, anthropology, development studies, political science, religious studies, sociology of religion, and theology. It will also be a key resource for development policymakers and practitioners. 2023-11-17T08:27:53Z 2023-11-17T08:27:53Z 2023-11-01T11:13:56Z 2020 book ONIX_20231101_9781000733044_20 ONIX_20231101_9781000733044_20 OCN: 1149156038 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/77136 9781000733044 9780367358686 9780367823825 9781032175799 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121697 eng Routledge Research in Religion and Development open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77136/1/9781000733044.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77136/1/9781000733044.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77136/1/9781000733044.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77136/1/9781000733044.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780367823825 10.4324/9780367823825 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781000733044 9780367358686 9780367823825 9781032175799 Routledge 354 [...] open access
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African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development
title African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development
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