The Glaring Gap, Anthropology, Religion, and Christianity in African Development

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" The Glaring Gap, Anthropology, Religion, and Christianity in African Development "
Jim Harries

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067008
Doc. No	:	LA110637
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341273‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jim Harries
Title & Author	:	The Glaring Gap, Anthropology, Religion, and Christianity in African Development [Article]\ Jim Harries
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	42/3
Page No	:	232–251
Abstract	:	Careful reading of studies on language of education in Africa reveals a gaping gap in comprehension. A careful study of the history and practice of anthropology reveals a covert concealing of large arenas of knowledge about African societies from view. The above gaps in understanding result in debate on African development frequently ignoring ‘religion’. African development seems not to be progressing on its own; great ideas on development rooted in western thinking typically collapse when handed over to African management. This article considers how the above ‘gaps’ in anthropology and linguistic studies have contributed to the dummification of academia that has in turn handicapped Africa. It considers a new engagement with ‘religion’, especially Christianity, as the way forward. Careful reading of studies on language of education in Africa reveals a gaping gap in comprehension. A careful study of the history and practice of anthropology reveals a covert concealing of large arenas of knowledge about African societies from view. The above gaps in understanding result in debate on African development frequently ignoring ‘religion’. African development seems not to be progressing on its own; great ideas on development rooted in western thinking typically collapse when handed over to African management. This article considers how the above ‘gaps’ in anthropology and linguistic studies have contributed to the dummification of academia that has in turn handicapped Africa. It considers a new engagement with ‘religion’, especially Christianity, as the way forward.
Descriptor	:	Africa
Descriptor	:	anthropology
Descriptor	:	Christianity
Descriptor	:	development
Descriptor	:	education
Descriptor	:	linguistics
Descriptor	:	Mission
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341273‬