Jesus and Ubuntu
Subtitle: exploring the social impact of Christianity in Africa
By: edited by Mwenda Ntarangwi
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Trenton NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781592218424; 9781592218431
Subjects: Christian sociology; Congresses; Church history
Notes: "Essays in this volume come out of a conference on the social impact of Christianity in Africa held at the campus of Calvin College in the summer of 2009"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : African Christianity : Africa, politics, and socioeconomc realities / Mwenda Ntarangwi; title: Faith and politics in post-colonial Africa / David Hoekema; title: Culture, missions, and Africa's lessons for Western Christianity / Caitlin McGill; title: Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church in Ghana / Ross Acheson; title: Charismatic renewal : lessons in missions from the Kenyan church / Joshua S. Kuipers; title: The Gospel for Ethiopia by Ethiopians : Mapping the contested terrains between Pentecostals and Marxist Radicals / Tibebe Eshete; title: From the fringes to the centre : Pentecostal Christianity in the public sphere in Kenya (1970-2009) / Damaris S. Parsitau; title: The Catholic Church and civic education in the slums of Nairobi / Christine M. Bodewes; title: Reflecting on church-state relationship in Kenya / Njonjo Mue; title: Literacy teaching and learning in Sierra Leone / Johanna Kuyvenhoven.