Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin
ISBN: 9789047419778
Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL
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Subjects: Vagueness (Philosophy); Self (Philosophy); Human body (Philosophy); Human body and technology.;

This book, divided into two broad sections, examines the state in the Republic of Benin and the socio-political role of the Christian churches. The first looks at the remarkable pre-colonial kingdom of Danxomέ and its place in the imagining of the modern contrat social béninois . The second section looks at both the historical role of the mainline churches and the more recent development of a Christianisme béninois .

The study concludes that the churches are above all a commentary upon the society in which they find themselves. Rather than an overt challenge to the state, they articulate social distress and the desire for a different future. In times of stress they may prove to be the only viable institutional buttress as well as the arbiter.

This study seeks to make a contribution to the understanding of the public role of Christian churches in Africa.


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