Freedom's Distant Shores: American Protestants and Post-Colonial Alliances with Africa

Contents

v Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 R. Drew Smith Part I Churches and Democratic Rights in Africa 1 Shifting Perspectives on Africa in Mainline Protestant Social Thought 11 Mark Hulsether 2 Rev. James H. Robinson and American Support for African Democracy and Nation-Building, 1950s–1970s 37 Sandra J. Sarkela and Patrick Mazzeo 3 Martin Luther King, Jr., a “Coalition of Conscience,” and Freedom in South Africa 53 Lewis Baldwin 4 A Transatlantic Comparison of a Black Theology of Liberation 83 Dwight N. Hopkins vi Contents 5 Quaker Women in Kenya and Human Rights Issues 111 Stephen W. Angell 6 Mennonites and Peace-Building in Angola 131 Lutiniko Landu Miguel Pedro Part II Revivalistic Churches, Ecclesiastical Expansion, and Ethical Challenges 7 American Evangelists and Church-State Dilemmas in Multiple African Contexts 143 R. Drew Smith 8 American Pentecostalism and the Growth of PentecostalCharismatic Movements in Nigeria 155 Matthews A. Ojo 9 U.S. Evangelicals, Racial Politics, and Social Transition in Contemporary South Africa 169 R. Drew Smith Part III Considering the Future: American and African Perspectives 10 The Changing Nature of Christianity and the Challenge of U.S.-Africa Mission Partnerships 191 Marsha Snulligan Haney 11 Contemporary Public Theology in the United States and South Africa 209 Nico Koopman Conclusion 223 R. Drew Smith Notes 227 About the Contributors 271 Index 275 ...