Praying for Change in the Nations: Prayer, Politics, and Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction The general literature in English on national politics and prayer spans a variety of concerns and spatial geographies. There is American literature focused on individual prayer and civic life or prayer’s effect on political behavior.1 Other literature is historical and examines the rise...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 396-418 |
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Prayer
/ Politics
/ Africa
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Introduction The general literature in English on national politics and prayer spans a variety of concerns and spatial geographies. There is American literature focused on individual prayer and civic life or prayer’s effect on political behavior.1 Other literature is historical and examines the rise of national days of prayer within particular epochs.2 While varied in foci, the general scholarship on prayer and politics highlights that, “the use of prayer in contexts of cultural or political engagement and mobilization is common-place,” as Cynthia Burack notes.3 Moreover, what this general literature further highlights is that, even though national prayers tend to emerge and take center-stage during times of national crises, they are also prominent expressions of a generalized “public religiosity.”4Taking a cue from the observations above, this article enquires into the generative capacity of national days of prayer in select Sub-Saharan African countries to promote change in national... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa059 |