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Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa
Thomas Spear
- Vol. 110, Iss: 2, pp 593-594
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The article was published on 2005-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 160 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Politics & Power (social and political).read more
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Editorial: Popular concerns about medical research projects in sub-Saharan Africa--a critical voice in debates about medical research ethics.
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TL;DR: It is the aim of this paper to move beyond the dismissal of these stories as ‘mere’ rumour, based on erroneous belief or traditional superstition, and to appreciate them as modern commentaries on social relations that involve, and extend far beyond, scientific medical research.
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The Pneuma Network: Transnational Pentecostal Print Culture In The United States And South Africa, 1906-1948
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Religion and politics: taking African epistemologies seriously
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TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between politics and religion in Africa has been investigated, with potential benefits for observers not just of Africa, but also of other parts of the world where new combinations of religion and politics are emerging.
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Violent Becomings: State Formation, Sociality, and Power in Mozambique
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Adaptation as a Political Process: Adjusting to Drought and Conflict in Kenya’s Drylands
Siri Eriksen,Jeremy Lind +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that people’s adjustments to multiple shocks and changes, such as conflict and drought, are intrinsically political processes that have uneven outcomes and climate change adaptation policies are unlikely to be successful or minimize inequity unless the political dimensions of local adaptation are considered.
Journal ArticleDOI
Editorial: Popular concerns about medical research projects in sub-Saharan Africa--a critical voice in debates about medical research ethics.
Paul Wenzel Geissler,Robert Pool +1 more
TL;DR: It is the aim of this paper to move beyond the dismissal of these stories as ‘mere’ rumour, based on erroneous belief or traditional superstition, and to appreciate them as modern commentaries on social relations that involve, and extend far beyond, scientific medical research.
DissertationDOI
The Pneuma Network: Transnational Pentecostal Print Culture In The United States And South Africa, 1906-1948
Journal ArticleDOI
Religion and politics: taking African epistemologies seriously
Stephen Ellis,Gerrie ter Haar +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between politics and religion in Africa has been investigated, with potential benefits for observers not just of Africa, but also of other parts of the world where new combinations of religion and politics are emerging.
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Institutional Obstacles to African Economic Development: State, Ethnicity, and Custom
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between ethnicity and state performance and found that strong ethno-regional identities prevent the emergence of modern citizenship, they themselves constitute an endogenous outcome of continuous state failures.
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