Development and politics from below : exploring religious spaces in the African state

XIII, 257 S.

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Part I, Challenging the secular : religion and public spaces. -- Development and invisible worlds Stephen Ellis -- The Mbuliluli principle : what is in a name? Gerrie ter Haar -- Muslim shrines in Cape Town : religion and post-apartheid public spheres Abdulkaader Tayob -- Remaking society from within : extraversion and the social forms of female Muslim activism in urban Mali Dorothea E. Shulz -- Part 2, Religion between state and society. -- Da`wah and politics in West Africa : Muslim Jama`at and non-government organizations in Ghana, Sierre Leone and The Gambia David E. Skinner -- Faith-based organizations, the state and politics in Tanzania Ernest T. Mallya -- Burying life : Pentecostal religion and development in urban Mozambique L.Van de Kamp -- Part 3, Health care provision : reflections on religion. -- Health and the uses of religion : recovering the political proper? James R. Cochrane -- Marshalling the powers : the challenge of everyday religion for development Elizabeth Graveling -- Sacred struggles : the World Council of Churches and the HIV epidemic in Africa Ezra Chitando -- Conclusion : reflections on modernisation without secularisation Barbara Bompani & Maria Frahm-Arp