President Frederick J.T. Chiluba of Zambia

The Christian Nation and Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID9075586
AuthorsIsabel Apawo Phiri (0000-0002-4346-3836, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume33
Issue4
Pages401-428
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/157006603322665332
OpenAlexW2002413734
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited2

This paper focuses on the career of Frederick Chiluba from his election as President of Zambia in October 1991 to his renunciation of standing for a third term in April 2001. The paper argues first that, in his book on democracy and in his declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation, Chiluba set up the criteria by which his presidency would be judged and ultimately found wanting. Second, it argues that the Christian nation concept has had the inadvertent consequence of giving evangelicals a clear basis on which to judge Chiluba and the Zambian state, and hence has served as a catalyst for more energetic and extensive evangelical political engagement

Declaration · Democracy · History of religions · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Renunciation · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · African history and culture analysis · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies

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