Power, poverty, and prayer : the challenges of poverty and pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 /
Kalu, Ogbu.
Power, poverty, and prayer : the challenges of poverty and pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 / by Ogbu U. Kalu. - 1st Africa World Press ed. - Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2006. - xxvi, 258 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Power and poverty -- The changing faces of Christianity in Africa -- Ashes on our faces : the state, modernization, and poverty -- Sacred eggs on sacred faces : worldview, ecology, and development failure -- Poverty and Prayer -- Tools of hope : stagnation and political theology, 1960-1996 -- Beauty for ashes : Pentecostalism, power, and poverty, 1970-1996 -- Violent faces of religion : the dilemma of pluralism in Nigeria -- Daughters of Ethiopia : gender, power, and poverty in African Christianity.
1592213944 (pbk) : $47.00 9781592213931 1592213944 (pbk.) 9781592213948 (pbk.)
2005023667
Christianity and politics--History--Africa--20th century.
Poverty--History--Africa--20th century.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.
Africa--Church history--20th century.
BR1360 / .K25 2006
AFR 276.082 Kal 2006
Power, poverty, and prayer : the challenges of poverty and pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 / by Ogbu U. Kalu. - 1st Africa World Press ed. - Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2006. - xxvi, 258 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Power and poverty -- The changing faces of Christianity in Africa -- Ashes on our faces : the state, modernization, and poverty -- Sacred eggs on sacred faces : worldview, ecology, and development failure -- Poverty and Prayer -- Tools of hope : stagnation and political theology, 1960-1996 -- Beauty for ashes : Pentecostalism, power, and poverty, 1970-1996 -- Violent faces of religion : the dilemma of pluralism in Nigeria -- Daughters of Ethiopia : gender, power, and poverty in African Christianity.
1592213944 (pbk) : $47.00 9781592213931 1592213944 (pbk.) 9781592213948 (pbk.)
2005023667
Christianity and politics--History--Africa--20th century.
Poverty--History--Africa--20th century.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.
Africa--Church history--20th century.
BR1360 / .K25 2006
AFR 276.082 Kal 2006