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Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence Athens, Ohio University Press, 1995, ix+278 pp., tables, map, index./Canon Kodwo E. ANKRAH. Development & the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths and Metaphors. Nairobi: Action Publishers, I 998. v+ 197 pp./Paul GIFFORD. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. viii+368pp. Tables. Abbreviations. Maps. Bibliography. Index.

Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since... Afrika Focus, Vol. 17, Nr. 1-2, 2001, pp. 113-121 BOEKEN, CONFERENTIES EN MEDIA BOOKS, CONFERENCES AND MEDIA LIVRES, CONFERENCES ET MEDIA BOOKS ON RELIGION IN AFRICA Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence Athens, Ohio University Press, 1995, ix+278 pp., tables, map, index. Canon Kodwo E. ANKRAH. Development & the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths and Metaphors. Nairobi: Action Publishers, I 998. v+ I 97 pp. Paul GIFFORD. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. viii+368pp. Tables. Abbreviations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. The role of religion in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa has been one of the most contentious issues in the contemporary era in light of pertinent concerns such as political stability, dictatorship, human rights, democracy, civil society, social justice, economic development, corruption as well as health. The three books try to look at how religion has tried to come to terms with most of these issues. In Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle's Religion & Politics in East Africa, most articles discuss the interplay between religion and politics in East Africa, notably in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia and the Sudan by looking at Catholicism, 113 Protestantism, Islam http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Afrika Focus Brill

Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence Athens, Ohio University Press, 1995, ix+278 pp., tables, map, index./Canon Kodwo E. ANKRAH. Development & the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths and Metaphors. Nairobi: Action Publishers, I 998. v+ 197 pp./Paul GIFFORD. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. viii+368pp. Tables. Abbreviations. Maps. Bibliography. Index.

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Afrika Focus, Vol. 17, Nr. 1-2, 2001, pp. 113-121 BOEKEN, CONFERENTIES EN MEDIA BOOKS, CONFERENCES AND MEDIA LIVRES, CONFERENCES ET MEDIA BOOKS ON RELIGION IN AFRICA Holger BERNT HANSEN and Michael TWADDLE, Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence Athens, Ohio University Press, 1995, ix+278 pp., tables, map, index. Canon Kodwo E. ANKRAH. Development & the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths and Metaphors. Nairobi: Action Publishers, I 998. v+ I 97 pp. Paul GIFFORD. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. viii+368pp. Tables. Abbreviations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. The role of religion in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa has been one of the most contentious issues in the contemporary era in light of pertinent concerns such as political stability, dictatorship, human rights, democracy, civil society, social justice, economic development, corruption as well as health. The three books try to look at how religion has tried to come to terms with most of these issues. In Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle's Religion & Politics in East Africa, most articles discuss the interplay between religion and politics in East Africa, notably in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia and the Sudan by looking at Catholicism, 113 Protestantism, Islam

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