Bourdieu in Africa ― Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Fields

The authors of Bourdieu in Africa: Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Fields investigate how religious practices and beliefs legitimate power relations within the religious sphere and for society at large in various East, West and South African contexts.

Magnus Echtler, Ph.D. (2008), University of Bayreuth, has taught African Religions there since 2005. He has published on Islam and Christianity in Africa, and co-edited Alternative Voices. A Plurality Approach for Religious Studies (Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 2013). Asonzeh Ukah, Ph.D. (2004), Habil. (2013), University of Bayreuth/Germany, taught at the University of Bayreuth from 2005 to 2013. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town. He has published extensive on African Pentecostalism. He is the author of A New Paradigm of Pentecostal Power: The Redeemed Christian church of God In Nigeria (Africa World Press, 2008). Contributors are: Ulrich Berner, Chikas Danfulani, Jonathan Draper, Magnus Echtler, Gemechu Jemal Geda, Magnus Treiber, Asonzeh Ukah, Dale Wallace, Halkano Abdi Wario.