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
In this book, Sithole explores the hymns of Isaiah Shembe as poetic texts that voice Shembe's concerns and the sacred dance as part of worship in Ibandla LamaNazaretha.
The contributors to this investigation of dreaming in a diversity of African cultures and settings have each approached the matter with a respect for an indigenous discourse which does not necessarily
This book offers an exploration into the interconnections between career success and religiosity as it examines the role of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity in the work experiences of young, profe
Short text new suggestion: Taking as its starting point a cache of fifty letters from three women who were part of Britain’s first mission to West Africa, this book counters the prevailing narrative t
In this volume, Wild-Wood, a tutor in the Cambridge Theological Federation, presents a social history analysis of the migration of Anglicans in northeastern Congo and the impact on their Christian ide
This book offers an ethnography of the beliefs and practices of Vodu, as they relate to daily life in an ethnic Ewe fishing community on the coast of southern Togo.
An Anglican priest and practical theologian who directed the Women's Development School in Bunia, Congo during the late 1980s, Pemberton, introduces and critiques the writing of the Circle of Concerne
The book charts Christianity’s advance in Africa, exploring how African agents (priests, prophets, martyrs, missionaries) made the religion their own. It shows Christianity empowering Africans, throug
Based on interviews and archival material, this volume examines the different periods in the relationship between church and state in Tanzania from independence to 1994.
Asante Catholicism focuses on the interaction between post-conciliar Roman Catholicism and Asante religion of Ghana, with its implications for self-definition and cultural renewal. It begins by explor
Lee (history, U. of California-Los Angeles) combines his backgrounds in the Baha'i religion and in African history to explore the spread of Baha'i across the continent from Iran, where it was founded
The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, eme
After considering how the political and Church culture fostered the 'inculturation' of Catholic religious institutions, this ethnographic work documents the unfolding African expression of the Sisterh
Until recently, African Americanist scholarship has been dominated by programmatic searches for African origins. This book aims to transcend this research agenda by exploring the ritual and discursive
Expanding his 2004 PhD dissertation at the University of Toronto, Wuaku (African and African diaspora religion, Florida International U., Miami) explores Ghana's Hindu religious experience in the cont
Claffey (social and political studies, Milltown Institute of Theology, and Philosophy, Dublin) was a Catholic missionary in West Africa from 1977 to 1999, and draws on his personal observations as wel
This volume examines Pentecostal/Charismatic renewal in an African context. Ghanaian Pentecostalism in its modern Charismatic form has become the most visible expression of renewal within indigenous C
