Christianity, Development and Modernity in Africa
- Starts: 4:00 pm on Thursday, March 16, 2017
- Ends: 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Christianity in Africa comes in (at least) two very different forms. An ‘enchanted’ form (found extensively in Pentecostalism) understands even this-worldly events largely in terms of spirit causality, whereas another form (best exemplified by Catholicism) effectively discounts this enchanted worldview and in its focus on development increasingly functions as an NGO. Does the first form further Africa’s development? And to what extent does the second still function as a religion?
- Speaker(s)
- with Paul Gifford, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Event Open To
- public
- Building
- 232 Bay State Rd.
- Room
- African Studies Conference Room, Room 505
- Show Fees
- free
- Link:
- http://www.bu.edu/cura/christianity-development-and-modernity-in-africa/
- Contact Organization
- CURA
- Contact Name
- Arlene Brennan
- Information Phone
- 353-9050
- Contact Email
- arleneb@bu.edu
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