Religion and Poverty: Pan-African Perspectives

by Peter J. Paris

Book Overview

A Ghanaian scholar of religion argues that poverty is a particularly complex subject in traditional African cultures, where holistic worldviews unite life's material and spiritual dimensions. A South African ethicist examines informal economies in Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, and South Africa, looking at their ideological roots, social organization, and vulnerability to global capital. African American theologians offer ethnographic accounts of empowering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822343789
• ISBN13: 9780822343783
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"