Religious Conversion in Africa

• Other Authors: Bruner, Jason (Editor), Hurlbut, David Dmitri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Orthodox Christianity; conversion; ritualism; religiosity; Uganda; modernity; post-coloniality; globalism; anti-globalism; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; religious conversion; women; representation; medieval Christianity; hagiography; social engagement; faith-based NGO; Ahmadiyya; Burkina Faso; France; Pentecostal/charismatic missionization; spiritual warfare; networks; Roman Catholicism; reconversion; linearity; missionaries; Mozambique; Mormonism; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Anthony Obinna; southeastern Nigeria; Rastafari; Ghana; Jamaica; Pan-African; trodding the path; livity; Africa; anthropology of Christianity; history; Africana religions; historiography; n/a
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This collection brings together a diverse range of scholars, including historians of pre-colonial, colonial, and contemporary Africa, along with anthropologists, who develop fresh arguments and reassessments of religious, cultural, and social change pertaining to Africa. The result is a fascinating...