Religion and poverty : Pan-African perspectives

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Religion and poverty : Pan-African perspectives

Peter J. Paris, ed. ; foreword by Jacob Olupona

Duke University Press, 2009

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • An ethical mapping of the transatlantic slave trade / Katie G. Cannon, United States
  • Feminization of poverty across Pan-African societies : The Church's response--alleviative or emancipatory? / Barbara Bailey, Jamaica
  • The informal economy and the religion of global capital / Takatso A. Mofokeng, South Africa
  • A theological perspective on the effects of globalization on poverty in Pan-African contexts / Lewin L. Williams, Jamaica
  • African traditional religion and the concept of poverty / Elizabeth Amoah, Ghana
  • Religion and poverty : ritual and empowerment in Africa and the African diaspora / Linda E. Thomas and Dwight N. Hopkins, United States
  • The Bible and poverty in African Pentecostal Christianity : The Bosadi (Womanhood) approach / Madipoane Masenya, South Africa
  • The struggle for full humanity in poverty-stricken Kenya / Nyambura J. Njoroge, Kenya and Geneva
  • Poverty among African people and the ambiguous role of Christian thought / Kossi A. Ayedze, Togo
  • Religion and materiality : the case of poverty alleviation / Esther M. Mombo, Kenya
  • Warm bodies, cold currency : a study of religion's response to poverty / Anthony B. Pinn, United States
  • Nyerere on Ujamaa and Christianity as transforming forces in society / Laurenti Magesa, Tanzania
  • Caribbean issues : the Caribbean and African American Churches' response / Noel Leo Erskine, Jamaica and United States
  • Africa's poverty, human rights, and a just society / Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Nigeria and United States
  • Self-initiation : a necessary principle in the African struggle to abolish poverty / Peter J. Paris, Canada and United States

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