Religious Conversion in Africa

• Autore: Bruner Jason
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: Africa; Africana religions; Ahmadiyya; Anthony Obinna; anthropology of Christianity; anti-globalism; Burkina Faso; conversion; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; faith-based NGO; France; Ghana; globalism; hagiography; historiography; history; Jamaica; linearity; livity; medieval Christianity; missionaries; modernity; Mormonism; Mozambique; n/a; networks; Orthodox Christianity; Pan-African; Pentecostal/charismatic missionization; post-coloniality; Rastafari; reconversion; religiosity; religious conversion; representation; ritualism; Roman Catholicism; social engagement; southeastern Nigeria; spiritual warfare; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; trodding the path; Uganda; women
• 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