Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Part 1 The Roots and Impact of Poverty
7. AN ETHICAL MAPPING OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE 19
8. FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY ACROSS PAN-AFRICAN SOCIETIES: THE CHURCH’S RESPONSE—ALLEVIATIVE OR EMANCIPATORY? 39
9. Part 2 Challenges of the Global and Informal Economies
10. THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND THE RELIGION OF GLOBAL CAPITAL 69
11. A THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON POVERTY IN PAN-AFRICAN CONTEXTS 88
12. Part 3 Religious Strategies for Liberating the Poor
13. AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND THE CONCEPT OF POVERTY 111
14. RELIGION AND POVERTY: RITUAL AND EMPOWERMENT IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 128
15. THE BIBLE AND POVERTY IN AFRICAN PENTECOSTAL CHRISTIANITY: THE BOSADI (WOMANHOOD) APPROACH 152
16. THE STRUGGLE FOR FULL HUMANITY IN POVERTY-STRICKEN KENYA 166
17. Part 4 The Ambiguous Relation of Religion and Poverty
18. POVERTY AMONG AFRICAN PEOPLE AND THE AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT 193
19. RELIGION AND MATERIALITY: THE CASE OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION 213
20. WARM BODIES, COLD CURRENCY: A STUDY OF RELIGION’S RESPONSE TO POVERTY 228
21. Part 5 Practical Theories for Combating Poverty
22. NYERERE ON UJAMAA AND CHRISTIANITY AS TRANSFORMING FORCES IN SOCIETY 249
23. CARIBBEAN ISSUES: THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES’ RESPONSE 272
24. AFRICA’S POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND A JUST SOCIETY 293
25. SELF-INITIATION: A NECESSARY PRINCIPLE IN THE AFRICAN STRUGGLE TO ABOLISH POVERTY 317
26. Contributors 341
27. Index 343