Christianity, Development and Modernity in Africa by
Argues that the enchanted religious imagination militates against development by encouraging fear and distrust, diminishing human responsibility and agency, and downplaying functional rationality.
Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa: Volume One (Online) by
These contributions focus on a variety of dynamics in contemporary African religion (mostly Christianity), including gender, health and healing, social media, entrepreneurship, and inter-religious borrowing and accommodation. The volume seeks to enhance understanding of religion's vital presence and power in contemporary Africa.
Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa by
Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change.
Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa by
Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction, most notably articulated by Jesse Mugambi.
Faith in African Lived Christianity by
Brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and religious experiences shape the understanding of social life in Africa.
Is Africa Incurably Religious?: Secularization and Discipleship in Africa (Online)
Questions the widespread thesis that Africa is 'incurably religious' by studying both the presence and meaning of secularization in sub-Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora
Religion and Poverty: Pan-African Perspectives (Online) by
Argues that poverty is a particularly complex subject in traditional African cultures, where holistic worldviews unite life's material and spiritual dimensions. A South African ethicist examines informal economies in Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, and South Africa, looking at their ideological roots, social organization, and vulnerability to global capital.
Bible and Orality in Africa: Interdisciplinary Approaches by
Explores the connections between the Bible and orality in the African contexts to share more theological knowledge about and through oral communications.
Anatomy of Inculturation: Transforming the Church in Africa by
Examines practices of inculturation today in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the Catholic Church, Protestant churches, and the African Initiated Churches.
The African Christian Diaspora: New Currents and Emerging Trends in World Christianity by
Based on religious ethnography undertaken by the author among African Christian communities in Europe, the USA and Africa in the last 17 years, this book maps and describes the incipience and consolidation of new brands of African Christianities in diaspora. The book demonstrates how African Christianities are negotiating and assimilating notions of the global while maintaining their local identities.
Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora (Online) by
Topics covered include the concept of diaspora, deconstructing colonial mission, conversion, among other topics.
Migration and Public Discourse in World Christianity by
Identifies and addresses several key topics in the discourse of world Christianity and migration, including Africa.
Religion Crossing Boundaries: Transnational Religious and Social Dynamics in Africa and the New African Diaspora (Online) by
Illustrates the variety and power of predominantly pentecostal-charismatic movements between Western and African religious actors and groups that has developed across the past twenty years.
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