Discerning the powers in post-colonial Africa and Asia : a treatise on Christian statecraft /: a treatise on Christian statecraft. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pak Nung Wong.
• Authors: Wong, Pak-nung, 1974-
• Contents: Table of Contents.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Abbreviations of Bible Versions.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Toward a Christian Perspective of the Post-Colonial State in Africa and Asia.- Part I: Structures.- Chapter 2: Haunted Structures: Agents and Violent Conflicts in Post-Colonial African State Formation.- Chapter 3: Sovereign, Deja Vu! Unmasking the Resonating Structures in the Rwandan and Cambodian State-making Genocides.- Part II: Techniques.- Chapter 4: Techniques of Hegemony and Sovereignty: Censure, Exception and Criminal Justice in Colonial Hong Kong and Socialist China.- Chapter 5: Warlord Techniques in Post-Colonial Asia: Constitutive Agency, Patron–Client Network, and Robust Action.- Part III: Episteme and Interventions.- Chapter 6: Frontier Governmentality: The Art of Caring the Soul through the Eyes of a Christian Philippine 'Strongman'.- Chapter 7: Redeeming Knowledge from Power: Exploring Academic Spirituality through a Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (with Suchitra Chongstitvatana of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand).- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Two Options of Post-Colonial Christian Statecraft.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (182 pages)
• Subjects: 327.7305; Postcolonialism -- Africa; Postcolonialism -- Asia; Christianity and international relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Asia; United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa; Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States; Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789812875112
• Related ISBNs: 9789812875105
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