Religion and politics in Kenya : essays in honor of a meddlesome priest /
Knighton, Ben.editor.
Addresses the various political aspects of the Kenyan political mosaic during the time of Bishop David Gitari, later Archbishop 1997-2002. These essays focus on both this courageous man and the various aspects of the political mosaic in Kenya at that time to 2008, in an effort to bring out the religious dimensions of Kenyan and African politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Strange but inevitable bedfellows / Ben Knighton -- Compromised critics : religion in Kenya's politics / John Lonsdale -- Faith engaging politics : the preaching of the kingdom of God / Paddy Benson -- "Was there no Naboth to say no?" Using the pulpit in the struggle for democracy : the Anglican Church, Bishop Gitari, and Kenyan politics / Galia Sabar -- Meddling on to 2008 : is there any relevance for Gitari's model in the aftermath of ethnic violence? / Julius Gathogo -- The church and Islam : vyama vingi (multipartyism) and the Ufungamano talks / John Chesworth -- The NCCK and the struggle against "ethnic clashes" in Kenya / Jacqueline Klopp -- Christianity co-opted / Paul Gifford -- Muingiki madness / Ben Knighton.
Addresses the various political aspects of the Kenyan political mosaic during the time of Bishop David Gitari, later Archbishop 1997-2002. These essays focus on both this courageous man and the various aspects of the political mosaic in Kenya at that time to 2008, in an effort to bring out the religious dimensions of Kenyan and African politics.
Gitari, David M.
Anglican Church of Kenya
Christianity and politics
Christianity and politics
Religion and politics
Religion and politics