Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa

by Stephen Ellis and Gerrie Ter Haar

Book Overview

With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear that the world is not heading towards a community of secular states. Nowhere are religious thought and political practice more closely intertwined than in Africa. African migrants in Europe and America who send home money to build churches and mosques, African politicians who consult diviners, guerrilla...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195220161
• ISBN13: 9780195220162
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"