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Winner of the 2014 Donner Institute Prize for Outstanding Research into Religion. (...) the theoretical approach and the discussion of Verryn's understanding of the concept of humanity will be of interest to scholars grappling with ubuntu while the anthropological data on the everyday tensions and struggles at the Central Methodist Church will be of interest to social scientists (...) Caroline Jeannerat, St Augustine College of South Africa, in Social Sciences and Missions, 29 (2016), pp.178-180. The result is an empirically rich and theoretically insightful account of the actualization of ubuntii encounters in migrant/nonmigrant relationships within a South African urban ministry context. (...) This book will therefore be valuable to scholars interested in ubuntii, African Christianity, and mission and ministry in contexts shaped by migration. Allison Norton, Fuller Theological Seminary, in International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 39 (2015), pp. 163-164. The reading of the book is a positive experience in spite of the fact that it brings the hopelessness of many people and communities into one's awareness and presence. The author must be applauded for the thoroughness of her research and for the logical clarity of her writing. I would like to recommend the book for scholars, and also for practitioners from all levels of society - from pastors to politicians. Julian Muller, University of Pretoria, in Religion and Theology, 22 (2015), pp. 385-405.

Winner of the 2014 Donner Institute Prize for Outstanding Research into Religion. (...) the theoretical approach and the discussion of Verryn's understanding of the concept of humanity will be of interest to scholars grappling with ubuntu while the anthropological data on the everyday tensions and struggles at the Central Methodist Church will be of interest to social scientists (...) Caroline Jeannerat, St Augustine College of South Africa, in Social Sciences and Missions, 29 (2016), pp.178-180. The result is an empirically rich and theoretically insightful account of the actualization of ubuntii encounters in migrant/nonmigrant relationships within a South African urban ministry context. (...) This book will therefore be valuable to scholars interested in ubuntii, African Christianity, and mission and ministry in contexts shaped by migration. Allison Norton, Fuller Theological Seminary, in International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 39 (2015), pp. 163-164. The reading of the book is a positive experience in spite of the fact that it brings the hopelessness of many people and communities into one's awareness and presence. The author must be applauded for the thoroughness of her research and for the logical clarity of her writing. I would like to recommend the book for scholars, and also for practitioners from all levels of society - from pastors to politicians. Julian Muller, University of Pretoria, in Religion and Theology, 22 (2015), pp. 385-405.

Winner of the 2014 Donner Institute Prize for Outstanding Research into Religion.

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Elina Hankela, Th.D. (2013, University of Helsinki), is a postdoctoral fellow affiliated with the University of Helsinki and the University of South Africa. She is currently working as part of an international team on a comparative research project focusing on faith-based organisations, social cohesion and marginalised youth.

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