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100 1 _aHaynes, Jeffrey.
_911734
245 1 0 _aReligion and politics in Africa /
_cJeff Haynes.
260 _aNairobi, Kenya :
_bEast African Educational Publishers ;
_aLondon ;
_aAtlantic Highlands, N.J. :
_bZed Books,
_c1996.
300 _a264 p. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 242-258) and index.
505 2 0 _gCh. 1.
_tReligion, Colonialism and Hegemony --
_gCh. 2.
_tNationalists, Religion and the End of Colonial Rule --
_gCh. 3.
_tAfrican States and Mainstream Religious Organizations in Comparative Perspective --
_gCh. 4.
_tChurch, State and Democratic Change --
_gCh. 5.
_tPopular Religion and the State --
_gCh. 6.
_tNew Religious Movements and Political Change --
_gCh. 7.
_tReligious 'Fundamentalism' and Politics --
_gCh. 8.
_tConclusion.
520 _aThe impact of religion on the political process has come to the fore in recent years in a wide variety of societies. Yet the significant and varied ways in which the rapidly changing religious context has impacted on the politics of modern Africa is still a relatively neglected field.
520 8 _aThis book, which is designed to fill this gap in the teaching of African Politics, assembles and analyses an enormous amount of hitherto scattered material on the interaction between politics and religious groups in the post-independence, but also colonial, eras.
520 8 _aDr Haynes focuses on all three of the main organised religious traditions in Africa - Christian, Islamic and 'syncretistic' movements, including the rise of various fundamentalist groups. His thematic and comparative approach embraces all parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks to locate the role of religion in the African political process in its historical, social and international contexts.
520 8 _aIn doing so, he illuminates what has often been a profoundly important factor affecting the stability of governments, evolution of civil society and even the development trajectory of many African countries. The author's combination of theoretical context, rich empirical information and thoughtful analysis makes this book ideal as a text for students, as well as commanding a wider interest.
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