In colonial Africa, Christianity has often supported, sustained, and legitimated a violent process of governance. More recently, however, following decades of violence and oppression, churches and religious organizations have mobilized African publics against corrupt and abusive regimes and facilitated new forms of reconciliation and cooperation. It is the purpose of "Displacing the State: Religion and Conflict in Neoliberal Africa"" "to illustrate the nature of religion s ambivalent power in Africa while suggesting new directions in the study of religion, conflict, and peace studies, with...
In colonial Africa, Christianity has often supported, sustained, and legitimated a violent process of governance. More recently, however, following...
