Religions in Africa : conflicts, politics and social ethics /

Religions in Africa : conflicts, politics and social ethics / edited by Wilhelmina J. Kalu, Nimi Wariboko, and Toyin Falola. - Asmara, Eritrea ; Trenton N.J. : Africa World Press, c2010. - lxiii, 428 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. - The collected essays of Ogbu Uke Kalu ; v. 3 . - Kalu, Ogbu. Selections Essays. v. 3. .

"Publications [of Ogbu Kalu]": p. 373-393.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

African Protestant theology -- Faith and politics in Africa : dimension of the legitimacy crisis in Nigeria, 1993-1998 -- Safiyya and Adamah : punishing adultery with Shariah stones in twenty-first century Nigeria -- Sharia and Islam in Nigerian Pentecostal rhetoric, 1970-2003 -- The big drum for a warrior : Osofo Jeremiah Wright and African-American re-engagement of Africa -- James Cone's legacy in Africa : confession as political praxis in the Kairos document -- From the end of history to the beginning of poverty : poverty and social engagement in contemporary African Christianity -- Poverty and its alleviation in colonial Nigeria -- Healing as the children's bread : contested coping-healing strategies in African Pentecostalism -- The gods are to blame : religion, worldview, and light ecological footprints in Africa -- Daughters of Ethiopia : constructing a feminist discourse in ebony strokes -- Global theology and violent face of religion -- Tangled roots in mangrove forest : the cultural landscape of political violence in Africa -- To hang a ladder in the air : talking about African education in Edinburgh 1910 -- Theological education in contemporary Africa -- Curriculum vitae of Ogbu Kalu.

1592217796 (pbk) : $57.00 9781592217786 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1592217796 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781592217793 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010028816


Africa--Religion.

BL2400 / .R45 2010

AFR 200.96 Rel 2010 v.3