Development and Politics from Below

EZRA CHITANDO is Associate Professor in History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe JAMES R. COCHRANE is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa; co-Principal of the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP); Director of the Research Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa (RICSA) STEPHEN ELLIS is Desmond Tutu Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden ELIZABETH GRAVELING Lecturer in Development Studies in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK ERNEST T. MALLYA is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Tanzania and the Deputy Principal responsible for Academics at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) DOROTHEA E. SCHULZ is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne, Germany DAVID E. SKINNER is Professor of History at Santa Clara University, USA ABDULKADER TAYOB is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa GERRIE TER HAAR is Professor of Religion and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands LINDA VAN DE KAMP is a Cultural Anthropologist and Researcher at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the African Studies Centre in Leiden

Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa.Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa.