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Author Claffey, Patrick.

Title Christian churches in Dahomey-Benin : a study of their socio-political role / by Patrick Claffey
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill ; Biggleswade : Extenza Turpin [distributor], 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; 31
Studies on religion in Africa ; 31. 0169-9814
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Danxom949;8212;A Narrative of Pride and Suspicion -- Chapter Three Danxom949; Kasudu: Vod250;n and the Foundation of Danxom949; -- Chapter Four A History Unassumed -- Chapter Five Civilisation, Pacification, Demise: The Churches and the Kingdom of Danxom949; -- Chapter Six Catholicism, the Elites and the Creation of B233;ninois Nationalism -- Chapter Seven My Rock, My Shield, My Stronghold and My Refuge -- Chapter Eight Afterword -- Appendices -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book, divided into two broad sections, examines the state in the Republic of Benin and the socio-political role of the Christian churches. The first looks at the remarkable pre-colonial kingdom of Danxom- and its place in the imagining of the modern contrat social beninois. The second section looks at both the historical role of the mainline churches and the more recent development of a Christianisme beninois. The study concludes that the churches are above all a commentary upon the society in which they find themselves. Rather than an overt challenge to the state, they articulate social distress and the desire for a different future. In times of stress they may prove to be the only viable institutional buttress as well as the arbiter. This study seeks to make a contribution to the understanding of the public role of Christian churches in Africa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-324) and index
Notes English
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Subject Christianity and culture -- Benin -- History
Christianity and politics -- Benin -- History
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Christianity and culture
Christianity and politics
Christentum
SUBJECT Benin -- Church history
Subject Benin
Benin
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047419778
9047419774
1281917303
9781281917300
9786611917302
6611917306