Amy Stambach, Aikande Kwayu

Pragmatic Faith and the Tanzanian Lutheran Church

Bishop Erasto N. Kweka's Life and Work

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the operations and organization of the Tanzanian Lutheran church through the life and times of its longest serving diocesan bishop, Erasto N. Kweka. It develops the concept of pragmatic faith, belief-in-practice, to analyze the integration of religious experience, institutionalism, and church doctrine or orthodoxy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781793603593
• ISBN-10: 1793603596
• Artikelnr.: 59946471

Autorenporträt

Aikande Clement Kwayu is senior development research consultant at BUMACO Ltd. And honorary research fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Amy Stambach is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of anthropology and faculty affiliate of the African studies program at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Images
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Mainline Christianity: The Practical Work of the Lutheran Church
Chapter 2: Vocational Calling: Education, Colonialism, and Christianity
Chapter 3: Political Philosophy: Connecting the Church and the State
Chapter 4: Church Challenges: Ethnicity and Nationalism
Chapter 5: Evangelical Prophecy: Procedure, Power, and Diplomacy
Chapter 6: Bishop of Projects: Stewarding Church Resources
Epilogue: Kweka's Legacy of Pragmatic Faith: Socially Engaged Christianity
Appendix: List of Interviews
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors