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Freedom's Distant Shores

American Protestants and Post-Colonial Alliances with Africa

Freedom's Distant Shores

American Protestants and Post-Colonial Alliances with Africa

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£32.00

Publisher: Baylor University Press
ISBN: 9781932792379
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 31/07/2006
Width: 15.3 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
This volume examines relations between U.S. Protestants and Africa since the end of colonial rule. It draws attention to shifting ecclesiastical and socio-political priorities, especially the decreased momentum of social justice advocacy and the growing missionary influence of churches emphasizing spiritual revival and personal prosperity. The book provides a thought-provoking assessment of U.S. Protestant involvements with Africa, and it proposes forms of engagement that build upon ecclesiastical dynamism within American and African contexts.
  • Preface
  • Introduction, R. Drew Smith
  • Part I: CHURCHES AND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN AFRICA
  • 1. Shifting Perspectives on Africa in Mainline Protestant Social Thought, Mark Hulsether
  • 2. Rev. James H. Robinson and American Support for African Democracy and Nation-Building, 1950s-1970s, Sandra J. Sarkela and Patrick Mazzeo
  • 3. Martin Luther King, Jr., a ""Coalition of Conscience,"" and Freedom in South Africa, Lewis Baldwin
  • 4. A Transatlantic Comparison of a Black Theology of Liberation, Dwight N. Hopkins
  • 5. Quaker Women in Kenya and Human Rights Issues, Stephen W. Angell
  • 6. Mennonites and Peace-Building in Angola, Lutiniko Landu Miguel Pedro
  • Part II: REVIVALISTIC CHURCHES, ECCLESIASTICAL CHURCHES, AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES
  • 7. American Evangelists and Church-State Dilemmas in Multiple African Contexts, R. Drew Smith
  • 8. American Pentecostalism and the Growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements in Nigeria, Matthews A. Ojo
  • 9. U.S. Evangelicals, Racial Politics, and Social Transition in Contemporary South Africa, R. Drew Smith
  • Part III: CONSIDERING THE FUTURE: AMERICAN AND AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES
  • 10. The Changing Nature of Christianity and the Challenge of U.S.-Africa Mission Partnerships, Marsha Snulligan Haney
  • 11. Contemporary Public Theology in the United States and South Africa, Nico Koopman
  • Conclusion, R. Drew Smith
  • Notes
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

    R. Drew Smith

    R. Drew Smith is Scholar-in-Residence and Project Director of ""Public Influences of African-American Churches Project"" and of the ""Faith Communities and Urban Families Project"" at Morehouse College in Atlanta.