Religious Conversion in Africa

• Autore: Bruner Jason
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (126 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: 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
• Persona (resp. second.): HurlbutDavid Dmitri; BrunerJason
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 array of research that offers critical, creative, and constructive analyses of religious change on the African continent, from the medieval period to the present.
• Titolo autorizzato: Religious Conversion in Africa
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557111803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II