Laura S. Grillo

Religions in Contemporary Africa

An Introduction

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Religions in Contemporary Africa is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the three main religious traditions on the African continent, African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam. The book provides a historical overview of these important traditions and focuses on the roles they play in African societies today. It includes social, cultural and political case studies from across the continent on the following topical issues:Witchcraft and modernityPower and politicsConflict and peaceMedia and popular cultureDevelopmentHuman rightsIllness and healthGender and sexualityWith suggestions for further reading, discussion question… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Klinken, Adriaan Van / Ndzovu, Hassan J.

ISBN: 978-1-351-26070-1
EAN: 9781351260701
Produktnummer: 30867277
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 53'006 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 20 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Laura S. Grillo earned her PhD in History of Religions from The University of Chicago and is Affiliated Faculty at Georgetown University (USA). Her book, An Intimate Rebuke (2018), was supported by a Research Fellowship at Harvard Divinity School.Hassan J. Ndzovu is Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies at Moi University (Kenya), with a PhD from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (South Africa). He has also held two postdoctoral positions, at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) and Northwestern University (USA). Adriaan van Klinken is Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds (United Kingdom). He holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and was a postdoctoral fellow at SOAS University of London.