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Foreword xixJacob K. Olupona
Acknowledgments xxii
Introduction 1Elias K. Bongmba
Part I Methodological Perspectives on African Religions 23
1 Methodological Views on African Religions 25James L. Cox
2 Philosophy of Religion on African Ways of Believing 41V.Y. Mudimbe and Susan Mbula Kilonzo
3 Neo-Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: Perspectives from the Social Sciences 62Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff
4 Divination in Africa 79René Devisch
5 Orality, Literature, and African Religions 97Jonathan A. Draper and Kenneth Mtata
6 African Rituals 112Laura S. Grillo
7 Postcolonial Feminist Perspectives on African Religions 127Musa W. Dube
8 Religion and the Environment 140Edward P. Antonio
9 Christianity in Africa: From African Independent to Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches 153Birgit Meyer
Part II Interpreting Religious Pluralism 171
10 Neo-traditional Religions 173Marleen de Witte
11 Spirit Possession in Africa 184Susan J. Rasmussen
12 Christian Missions in Africa 198Norman Etherington
13 Christianity in Africa 208David T. Ngong
14 Coptic Christianity 220Jason R. Zaborowski
15 The Ethiopian Orthodox Church 234Christine Chaillot
16 African Theology 241Elias K. Bongmba
17 The Church and Women in Africa 255Isabel Apawo Phiri
18 Feminist Theologies in Africa 269Sarojini Nadar
19 Church and Reconciliation 279Tinyiko Maluleke
20 Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Modern Africa 295Matthews A. Ojo
21 African Initiated Churches in the Diaspora 310Afe Adogame
22 Islam in Africa 323Yushau Sodiq
23 Women in Islam: Between Sufi sm and Reform in Senegal 338Penda Mbow
24 Islam and Modernity 355Carmen McCain
25 Jihad 365John H. Hanson
26 Shari’a in Muslim Africa 377David Cook
27 Hinduism in South Africa 389P. Pratap Kumar
Part III Religion, Culture, and Society 399
28 Religion and Art in Ile-Ife 401Suzanne Preston Blier
29 Sufi Arts: Engaging Islam through Works of Contemporary Art in Senegal 417Allen F. Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts
30 Religion, Health, and the Economy 430James R. Cochrane
31 Religion, Illness, and Healing 443David Westerlund
32 Religion and Politics in Africa 457Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar
33 Religion and Development 466Steve de Gruchy
34 Religion, Media, and Confl ict in Africa 483Rosalind I.J. Hackett
35 Gospel Music in Africa 489Damaris Seleina Parsitau
36 Religion and Globalization 503Asonzeh Ukah
37 Religion and Same Sex Relations in Africa 515Marc Epprecht
Bibliography 529
Index 590
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