Walker-Said Faith, Power and Family

Christianity and Social Change in French Cameroon
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78744-290-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 332 Seiten

Reihe: Religion in Transforming Africa

Finalist for the 2019 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for Best Book in Africana Religions

An innovative study of Christianity and society in Cameroon that illuminates the history of faith and cultural transformation among societies living under French rule 1914 to 1939.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker-Said, Charlotte

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Marriage at the Nexus of Faith, Power and Family
PART I: French Rule, Social Politics and New Religious Communities, 1914-1925
Christian Transmission and Colonial Imposition
African Catechists and Charismatic Activities
Evaluating Marriage and Forming a Virtuous Household
Faith, Family and the Endurance of the Lineage
PART II: Labour, Economic Transformation and Family Life, 1925-1939
African Church Institutions in Action
African Agents of the Church and State: Male Violence and Productivity
Ethical Masculinity: The Church and the Patriarchal Order
The Significance of African Christian Communities Beyond Cameroon
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Walker-Said Charlotte:
Charlotte Walker-Said is Associate Professor, Department of Africana Studies, John Jay College-City University of New York (CUNY).