Religion and politics in Kenya : essays in honor of a meddlesome priest /
edited by Ben Knighton.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- xxii, 294 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-279) and index.
Strange but inevitable bedfellows / Ben Knighton -- Compromised critics : religion in Kenya's politics / John Lonsdale -- Faith engaging politics : the preaching of the kingdom of God / Paddy Benson -- "Was there no Naboth to say no?" Using the pulpit in the struggle for democracy : the Anglican Church, Bishop Gitari, and Kenyan politics / Galia Sabar -- Meddling on to 2008 : is there any relevance for Gitari's model in the aftermath of ethnic violence? / Julius Gathogo -- The church and Islam : vyama vingi (multipartyism) and the Ufungamano talks / John Chesworth -- The NCCK and the struggle against "ethnic clashes" in Kenya / Jacqueline Klopp -- Christianity co-opted / Paul Gifford -- Muingiki madness / Ben Knighton.
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Gitari, David M.--Political and social views.
Anglican Church of Kenya--History.
Christianity and politics--History--Kenya--20th century. Christianity and politics--History--Kenya--21st century. Religion and politics--History--Kenya--20th century. Religion and politics--History--Kenya--21st century.
Kenya--Church history. Kenya--Religion. Kenya--Politics and government--1963-1978. Kenya--Politics and government--1978-2002.