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Freedom's distant shores : American Protestants and post-colonial alliances with Africa / edited by R. Drew Smith.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2006.Description: viii, 284 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1932792376 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781932792379 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 276/.0825 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1360 .F74 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Shifting perspectives on Africa in mainline Protestant social thought / Mark Hulsether -- Rev. James H. Robinson and American support for African democracy and nation- building, 1950s-1970s / Sandra J. Sarkela and Patrick Mazzeo -- Martin Luther King, Jr., a "coalition of conscience," and freedom in South Africa / Lewis Baldwin -- A transatlantic comparison of a Black theology of liberation / Dwight N. Hopkins -- Quaker women in Kenya and human rights issues / Stephen W. Angell -- Mennonites and peace-building in Angola / Lutiniko Landu Miguel Pedro -- American evangelists and church-state dilemmas in multiple African contexts / R. Drew Smith -- American Pentecostalism and the growth of Pentecostal-charismatic movements in Nigeria / Matthews A. Ojo -- U.S. evangelicals, racial politics, and social transition in contemporary South Africa / R. Drew Smith -- The changing nature of Christianity and the challenge of U.S.-Africa mission partnerships / Marsha Snulligan Haney -- Contemporary public theology in the U.S. and South Africa / Nico Koopman -- Conclusion / R. Drew Smith.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-269) and index.

Shifting perspectives on Africa in mainline Protestant social thought / Mark Hulsether -- Rev. James H. Robinson and American support for African democracy and nation- building, 1950s-1970s / Sandra J. Sarkela and Patrick Mazzeo -- Martin Luther King, Jr., a "coalition of conscience," and freedom in South Africa / Lewis Baldwin -- A transatlantic comparison of a Black theology of liberation / Dwight N. Hopkins -- Quaker women in Kenya and human rights issues / Stephen W. Angell -- Mennonites and peace-building in Angola / Lutiniko Landu Miguel Pedro -- American evangelists and church-state dilemmas in multiple African contexts / R. Drew Smith -- American Pentecostalism and the growth of Pentecostal-charismatic movements in Nigeria / Matthews A. Ojo -- U.S. evangelicals, racial politics, and social transition in contemporary South Africa / R. Drew Smith -- The changing nature of Christianity and the challenge of U.S.-Africa mission partnerships / Marsha Snulligan Haney -- Contemporary public theology in the U.S. and South Africa / Nico Koopman -- Conclusion / R. Drew Smith.