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In Religions on the Move, Afe Adogame and Shobana Shankar present essays on religious expansion beyond Christian missions, focusing on activities of migrants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America spreading their faiths in Europe, North America, and within the ""South.""

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""I heartily recommend Religion on the Move! This book belongs in all of our institutions’ libraries. It is theoretically informed, empirically rich, and moves the field closer toward a sociology of religion that is less parochial."" Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Sociology of Religion 75:2 ""This book is an essential recommendation for graduate students, researchers, and faculty in sociology/anthropology of religion, political science, intercultural studies religious studies, and history; indeed, many of the ethnographic chapters would be suitable for undergraduate teaching and reading as well."" Asonzeh Ukah, University of Cape Town, Journal of Religion in Africa 45 ""In this volume, Afe Adogame and Shobana Shanka have brought together a very impressive array of essays that will serve the interest of scholars and graduate students interested in the changing face of religion in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between religion and public life in the world today."" J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana, Pneuma 37 ""A fascinating feature of this book includes developments in non-Christian traditions, for example, Confucianism and Japanese Christianity, Hinduism in Ghana, Islam in Kenya and Nigeria."" John Cheong, Missiology: An International Review 42:2 ""This book offers some theories but also presents many interesting case studies."" Wojciech Kluj, OMI, Bibliographia Missionalia ""Historians and scholars of religion generally and of particular religions, along with other social scientists, chart dynamic religious flows now that it is not wealthy European countries radiating missionaries, but countries with more democratic religion, such as South Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Nigeria."" Reference and Research Book News Vol. 28, No. 6

I heartily recommend Religion on the Move! This book belongs in all of our institutions' libraries. It is theoretically informed, empirically rich, and moves the field closer toward a sociology of religion that is less parochial. Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Sociology of Religion 75:2 This book is an essential recommendation for graduate students, researchers, and faculty in sociology/anthropology of religion, political science, intercultural studies religious studies, and history; indeed, many of the ethnographic chapters would be suitable for undergraduate teaching and reading as well. Asonzeh Ukah, University of Cape Town, Journal of Religion in Africa 45 In this volume, Afe Adogame and Shobana Shanka have brought together a very impressive array of essays that will serve the interest of scholars and graduate students interested in the changing face of religion in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between religion and public life in the world today. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana, Pneuma 37 A fascinating feature of this book includes developments in non-Christian traditions, for example, Confucianism and Japanese Christianity, Hinduism in Ghana, Islam in Kenya and Nigeria. John Cheong, Missiology: An International Review 42:2 This book offers some theories but also presents many interesting case studies. Wojciech Kluj, OMI, Bibliographia Missionalia Historians and scholars of religion generally and of particular religions, along with other social scientists, chart dynamic religious flows now that it is not wealthy European countries radiating missionaries, but countries with more democratic religion, such as South Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Nigeria. Reference and Research Book News Vol. 28, No. 6

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Afe Adogame, Ph.D. (1998), Bayreuth University, Germany is Associate Professor of Religious Studies/World Christianity at University of Edinburgh. He has published monographs, edited books on religion in Africa and the diaspora, including Religion Crossing Boundaries (2010), and African Christian Diaspora (2013). Shobana Shankar, Ph.D. (2003), University of California, Los Angeles, is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University. She has published on religion in Africa, including a monograph, Who Shall Enter Paradise: Christian Missions and the Politics of Difference in Muslim Northern Nigeria.

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