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Author: Laura S. Grillo (Georgetown University, USA) ,
Adriaan van Klinken ,
Hassan Ndzovu (Moi University, Kenya)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.498kg
ISBN: 9780815365778
ISBN 10: 0815365772
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 10 April 2019
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The well-conceived combination of tradition-specific and thematic chapters help the reader understand Africa's religious diversity and dynamics in contemporary context and will be just the ticket for my African Religions class. - Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee, USA This is a refreshing, creative and informative approach to the religions of Africa in their plurality. The authors have adopted a sound and scholarly engagement with the religions of Africa. The inclusion of case studies, reflective questions for discussions and use of accessible language adds value to the volume. I recommend this volume highly to scholars in the fields of religion, anthropology, sociology, political science, sexuality studies and general readers. - Ezra Chitando, Professor of History of Religions, University of Zimbabwe and Theology Consultant on HIV, World Council of Churches By placing African religions at the center rather the margins of religious studies, this textbook gives the discipline's practitioners the chance to reflect on the absence of African voices and experiences in its classrooms and to imagine a future for the field beyond its imperial and racist roots. - Edward E. Curtis IV, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis, USA, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
The well-conceived combination of tradition-specific and thematic chapters help the reader understand Africa's religious diversity and dynamics in contemporary context and will be just the ticket for my African Religions class. Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee, USA This is a refreshing, creative and informative approach to the religions of Africa in their plurality. The authors have adopted a sound and scholarly engagement with the religions of Africa. The inclusion of case studies, reflective questions for discussions and use of accessible language adds value to the volume. I recommend this volume highly to scholars in the fields of religion, anthropology, sociology, political science, sexuality studies and general readers. Ezra Chitando, Professor of History of Religions, University of Zimbabwe and Theology Consultant on HIV, World Council of Churches,
The well-conceived combination of tradition-specific and thematic chapters help the reader understand Africa's religious diversity and dynamics in contemporary context and will be just the ticket for my African Religions class. Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee, USA
Author Information
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.
