ISBN:
9780367823825
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Religion and Development
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als African initiated Christianity and the decolonisation of development
DDC:
261.85096
Keywords:
Economic development Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Sustainable development
;
Sustainable development Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Pentecostal churches
;
Independent churches
;
African history
;
Développement durable - Afrique
;
Développement durable - Aspect religieux - Christianisme
;
Églises pentecôtistes - Afrique
;
Églises indépendantes - Afrique
;
Développement économique - Aspect religieux - Christianisme
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Third World Development
;
Sustainable development - Religious aspects - Christianity
;
Economic development - Religious aspects - Christianity
;
Independent churches
;
Pentecostal churches
;
Sustainable development
;
Africa
;
Political Science and International Studies
;
Decolonisation
;
Religion
;
Zimbabwe
;
Nigeria
;
South Africa
;
Pentecostal
;
Development
;
Christianity
;
Africa
Abstract:
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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