Taking Dominion in a Christian Nation

North American Political Theology in an African Context

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ID20161028
AuthorsNaomi Haynes (0000-0001-6909-7574, University of Edinburgh UK Edinburgh, Scotland, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume43
Issue2
Pages214-232
Publication date2021-06-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePneuma (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-0965 • E-ISSN: 1570-0747
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15700747-bja10036
OpenAlexW3126287725
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited5

This article traces some of the North American theological influences on contemporary Christian nationalism in Zambia. Beginning with an overview of key tenets of Christian Reconstruction and the New Apostolic Reformation, I show how these movements have influenced the writing of some key players in Zambia’s Christian nationalist project. I also demonstrate how these authors have modified the Western ideas that have shaped their thought. This analysis responds to calls in the anthropology of Christianity for better documentation of the various forms Christian nationalism takes around the world, perhaps especially outside the West. It also challenges easy arguments about the influence of Western Christian activists on Christian politics in Africa by foregrounding the agency of local writers and theologians, even as they engage with theological ideas that originated in the West

Archaeology · Christianity · Dominion · Foregrounding · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Theology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies

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