Religious Messaging and Youth Civic Engagement in Zambia

• In Event: Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Brief Overview

This paper studies how Christian motivational messages affect the impact of civic engagement training on young adults in Zambia, an overwhelmingly Christian country where churches play major yet understudied roles in civic engagement programming.

Authors

• Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber, University of Denver

• Gwyneth McClendon, New York University

• O'Brien Kaaba, University of Zambia