Ethno-Regionalism, Politics and the Role of Religion in Zambia: Changing Ecumenical Landscapes in a Christian Nation, 2015-2018

This contribution explores the interaction between religion and politics in a religiously plural and ethnically multidimensional Zambian context. Given the political salience of both religion and ethnicity in Zambian politics, this research locates an understudied aspect in the discourse on religion...

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Главный автор: Sakupapa, Teddy Chalwe (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill [2019]
В: Exchange
Год: 2019, Том: 48, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 105-126
Индексация IxTheo:CG Христианство и политика
KAJ Новейшее время
KBN Черная Африка
KDG Свободная церковь
SA Церковное право
Другие ключевые слова:B Ethnicity
B Christianity in Zambia
B Christian nation
B Ecumenism
B Church and state
B Ecumenical Movement
B Religion And Politics
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Итог:This contribution explores the interaction between religion and politics in a religiously plural and ethnically multidimensional Zambian context. Given the political salience of both religion and ethnicity in Zambian politics, this research locates an understudied aspect in the discourse on religion and politics in Zambia, namely the multiple relations between religion, ethnicity and politics. It specifically offers a historical-theological analysis of the implications that the political mobilisation of religion has for ecumenism in Zambia since Edgar Chagwa Lungu became the country's president (2015-2018). Underlining the church-dividing potential of non-theological (doctrinal) factors, the article argues that the ‘political mobilisation of religion' and the ‘pentecostalisation of Christianity' in Zambia are reshaping the country's ecumenical landscapes. Accordingly, this contribution posits the significance of ecumenical consciousness among churches and argues for a contextual ecumenical ecclesiology.
ISSN:1572-543X
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341517