Christian Base Communities in Burkina Faso
Between Church and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Magloire Somé (1University of Ouagadougou), Cecily Bennett |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275 |
| Publication date | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1581610 |
| OpenAlex | W4230063493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
During the last decade, Christian Base Communities (Communautés chrétiennes de base, CCBs), which first emerged in Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) in 1970, have played an important part in the strategy for pastoral work and evangelisation of the Catholic Church's hierarchy in that country. The article examines the origins and development of the CCBs, their relationship with Burkina Faso's political, educational and social structures, the contribution they could make to a renewed and distinctively African Church. It concludes that, largely because of a lack of autonomy, they have not yet achieved their aims either within the Church or in the promotion of democracy, though these remain real possibilities
African studies · Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Autonomy · Base (topology) · Christianity · Democracy · Ethnology · Geography · Hierarchy · History of religions · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Sociology · Theology · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Anthropology · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |