Religious and Political Ethics in Africa: A Moral Inquiry

This volume investigates the causes of the political, economic, and moral problems of today’s Africa and provides a framework for the reconstruction of modern African states. The author focuses on the interaction between religion and politics throughout history and on the role of the Church in postcolonial Africa. In order to develop a basis for African political and religious ethics, he uses an interdisciplinary approach that draws from political theory, history, and social and religious ethics. Among the issues discussed are ethnicity, mismanagement, corruption, and the African concept of power.

HARVEY J. SINDIMA is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Colgate University. He is the author of The Legacy of Scottish Missionaries in Malawi (1992), Drums of Redemption: An Introduction to African Christianity (Greenwood, 1994), Africa’s Agenda (Greenwood, 1995), Beauty and Politics: A Commentary on Esther (1997), and The Gospenl According to the Marginalized (1998).