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- Title
Towards Christian National Identity in Africa: A Historical Perspective to the Challenge of Ethnicity to the Church in Kenya.
- Authors
Kamaara, Eunice
- Abstract
Ethnic conflicts characterise much of Africa today. While Christian values are expected to foster national cohesion and identity, more often than not, Christianity has provided a convenient and effective rallying point around which ethnic conflicts are mobilised. This writer adopts a historical perspective to interrogate negative ethnicity and the Church in Africa using illustrations from Kenya. She challenges the Church to ‘re-route’ its mission for ‘love, justice and real humanity lived by Christ and based on him’ (Okolo).
- Subjects
KENYA; AFRICA; CHRISTIANS; NATIONAL character; CHRISTIANITY &; culture
- Publication
Studies in World Christianity, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
1354-9901
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/swc.2010.0002