ACI Africa Archives | Contending Modernities

The Dangerous Hope of Visceral Lament: A Response to Lynch, Ocobock, Cavanaugh and Maluleke

Emmanuel Katongole
August 31, 2017August 31, 2017

What the portraits of Born from Lament reveal is a theology and through that theology the possibility of a non-violent politics of solidarity and compassion born out of the deep experience of suffering in the world.

The Many Faces of Lament

Cecelia Lynch
August 3, 2017August 4, 2017

How do Christians who have experienced the indescribable love of God in their suffering, and from it draw out unfathomable hope, relate to those who also practice lament and seek hope, but are not Christian?

Religious Women Constructing Modernity in Cameroon

Cecelia Lynch and Tatiana Fouda
July 21, 2017

How do religious women in Cameroon navigate their faith vis-à-vis their communities and religious hierarchies?

Land and Authority in Postcolonial Cameroon

Elias Bongmba
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

This is a conflict of authority in a postcolonial state, involving state, traditional, and religious leadership, and as such evokes the transformations that African countries have undergone in the imperial and post imperial age.

Diplomacy as Hypocrisy: The Biya System in Rome and at the Vatican

Ludovic Lado
May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

May the time come when every head of State who goes to meet the Pope and every bishop or priest fears hearing the prophetic message.

Introducing Who Are My People? An Interview with Emmanuel Katongole

Emmanuel Katongole and Kyle Lambelet
April 13, 2017April 17, 2017

CM Research Associate Kyle Lambelet sat down with ACI Africa working group leader Emmanuel Katongole to talk about his CM and Luce funded research project “Who Are My People?”: Christianity, Violence and Belonging in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Pastor as Sexual Object

Ebenezer Obadare
March 16, 2017September 13, 2017

The modern-day Pentecostal pastor is a widely sought after existential micromanager: a blend of spiritual guide, financial coach, marriage counselor, fashion icon, travel advisor, all-purpose celebrity, and last but not least, the center of an erotic economy.

ACI Africa – Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality in Ivory Coast

Contending Modernities
April 20, 2016

LUDOVIC LADO

Sub-Saharan African societies, described as community-oriented, are often compared with Western societies pictured as individualistic. But this simplistic divide can be misleading. The postcolonial predicament in Sub-Saharan Africa is a complex conundrum that encapsulates various dialectical processes involving the constant renegotiation of the relations between community and the individual, belonging and autonomy, submission and rebellion, authority and autonomy. Read the full article »

ACI Africa – Pentecostal Pastors and the Crisis of Political Authority in Africa

Contending Modernities
April 20, 2016

EBENEZER OBADARE

Since January of this year, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Nigeria has hosted Divine Encounter and Shiloh Hour, a special monthly ministration and prayer service, in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT). April’s version of Divine Encounter took place in the city’s 60,000 capacity National Stadium complex against a backdrop of a prolonged fuel scarcity that virtually crippled social life and economic activities across the country. Read the full article »

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