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50 AASR Bulletin 35 (November 2011) www.a-asr.org Donham, Donald L., 2009, ‘La dialectique religion et politique dans la révolution éthiopienne: pour une ethnographie historique de la révolution marxiste’, in Morier-Genoud & Urban- Mead 2009: 131-167 [This article presents a history of the Ethiopian revolution of 1974 in a remote ethnic group called the Maale. A striking feature of the upheaval as it occurred locally was that evangelical Christian converts constituted the revolution's Jacobins - its most radical supporters. As the Marxist state consolidated itself, that support was eventually lost, but even so, virtually every member of the communist party in Maale by the early 1980s was an ex-evangelical Christian. The analysis below highlights local notions of time in both religion and politics to explain these conjunctions.] Droz, Yvan, 2011, ‘Transformations of Death among the Kikuyu of Kenya: From Hyenas to Tombs’, in Jindra & Noret 2011c: 69-87 Eichholzer, Erika, 2011, ‘“Ever Generous Lord, How Can I Praise You”: The Ghanaian Gospel Boom in Hamburg’, in Ludwig & Asamoah-Gyadu 2011: 317-332 Ellis, Stephen, 2010, ‘Development and Invisible Worlds’, in in Bompani & Frahm-Arp 2010: 23- 39 Englund, Harri, 2011, ‘Introduction: Rethinking African Christianities beyond the Religion-Politics Conundrum', in Englund 2011: 1-25 Englund, Harri, 2011, ‘From Spiritual Warfare to Spiritual Kinship: Islamophobia and Evangelical Radio in Malawi’, in Englund 2011: 167-188 Englund, Harri, (ed.) 2011, Christianity and Public Culture in Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press, 240 pp., ISBN 978-0821419458 (hbk), $39.96 [The volume takes the reader beyond Africa’s apparent exceptionalism. African Christians have created new publics, often in ways that offer fresh insights into the symbolic and practical boundaries separating the secular and the sacred, the private and the public, and the liberal and the illiberal. Critical reason and Christian convictions have combined in surprising ways when African Christians have engaged with vital public issues such as national constitutions and gender relations, and with literary imaginings and controversies over tradition and HIV/- AIDS. The contributors demonstrate how the public significance of Christianity varies across time and place. They explore rural Africa and the continent’s major cities, and colonial and missionary situations, as well as mass-mediated ideas and images in the twenty-first century. They also reveal the plurality of Pentecostalism in Africa and keep in view the continent’s continuing denominational diversity. Students and scholars will find these topical studies to be impressive in scope.] Essamuah, Casely B., 2011, ‘Dynamism and Challenges among Ghanaian Methodists in the Washington DC (USA) Metroplex’, in Ludwig & Asamoah-Gyadu 2011: 105-122 Etherington, Norman, 2011, 'Missions and Empire Revisited', in Social Sciences and Missions 24, 2-3: 171-189 [In the five years that have passed since the publication of Missions and Empire a wide range of scholarly reviewers have extensively discussed the book's merits, defects and omissions. Their diverse opinions provide a guide to the state of current research on the topic and suggest new directions for exploration by the next generation of historians.] Falge, Christiane, 2011, ‘Transnational Nuer Churches: Bringing Development to the Homeland and Morals to the US’, in Ludwig & Asamoah-Gyadu 2011: 301-406 Fareed, Muneer, 2011, ‘Overcoming Legal Traditions: The ’Ulam anf the Potential for Change’, in Tayob 2011a: 45-51 Fortier, Corinne, 2011, ‘Women and Men Put Islamic Law to Their Own Use: Monogamy versus Secret Marriage in Mauritania’, in Badran 2011 Gampiot, Aurelien, 2008, ‘Kimbanguism as a migrants’ religion in Europe’, in Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff & Klaus Hock (eds.) 2008, Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora. The Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage. London/New York: Continuum International, 304- 313.
AASR BULLETIN 35 (NOVEMBER 2011) www.a-asr.org 51 Gampiot, Aurelien, 2008, ‘Les Kimbanguistes en Europe: d’une génération à l’autre’, in Archives des Sciences Sociales des Religions n°143 (July-September 2008): 111-128. Gampiot, Aurelien, 2010, Les Kimbanguistes en France: expression messianique d'une Eglise africaine en contexte migratoire. Paris: L'Harmattan, 361 pp., ISBN 978-2296114050, Euro 31,35 Ganusah, Rebecca. 2008, Christ Meets the Ewe-Dome of Ghana: A Theological and Ethical Reflection on the Rites of Birth and Initiation into Womanhood. Accra: Asempa Publishers, xii + 184 pp., ISBN 9789964784058 (= Ecclesial Studies, 5) Gatti, Nicoletta, & George Ossom-Batsa 2011, Journeying with the Old Testament. Frankfurt am Main, etc.: Peter Lang, 189 pp., ISBN 978-3-0343-1006-2 (pbk), Euro 40; ISBN 978-3-0351- 0280-2 (eBook), Euro 40 (= Das Alte Testament im Dialog, 5) [This book is an introductory study of the Old Testament and it is based on the lesson taught for many years by the authors in two different universities in Ghana. It is an interactive and didactic work that provides an innovative approach to the study of the Hebrew Bible. Through reading selected passages from the Bible and doing recommended exercises as a means of reinforcing what has been learnt, the reader will achieve a good knowledge of the Old Testament and will acquire the capability of reading and interpreting further texts. Each chapter begins with a presentation of a map of the journey, the objectives to be achieved, a summary and a final section that helps the student to evaluate his/her comprehension. This book is also a contextualized text. The last chapter is dedicated to the Old Testament in Africa and the relationship between the African Continent and the Bible, giving the reader the possibilities of acquiring skills to interpret the Old Testament from African perspectives.] Gora, Ruth Babra, 2009, ‘The Role of Bird Characters in African Story and Myth’, in Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa 16, 2: 53-63; full text at: http://alternation.ukzn.ac.za/docs/16.2/06%20Gora%20F.pdf [This paper explores the role of bird characters in African story and myth. African societies attach different beliefs to different birds. Some birds are viewed as signs of bad omen yet others as the reverse. Some believe that certain birds possess significance for specific occasions or ceremonies like circumcision. The argument shows that such beliefs are mirrored in African story and myth. Traditional African narratives include many bird characters, demonstrating the widespread idea that birds are closely related to humans. Since birds are generally appreciated as guardians of human life, they play a positive role in African story and myth, often appearing in times of crisis. Birds resolve conflicts and protect protagonists. In some instances they are personified and take on even more important roles than animals. Birds can carry urgent and important messages about a protagonist, hence opening up possibilities of salvation for the latter. Human characters in African story and myth can be counselled by and saved from danger by birds. In addition, birds can also reveal human character by testing for such virtues as patience and faithfulness. Ultimately, there is a certain reciprocity between birds and humankind in African story and myth.] Granquist, Mark, 2011, ‘The New Immigration and the Old: The Context of African Christian Immigration to the USA’, in Ludwig & Asamoah-Gyadu 2011: 229-240 Gratz, Tilo, 2011, ‘“Paroles de vie”: Christian Radio Producers in the Republic of Benin’, in Journal of African Media Studies 3, 2: 161-188 [In the Republic of Benin, we are currently witnessing an enormous proliferation of religious radio broadcasting in various forms, especially with regard to Pentecostal churches. Apart from already established Christian broadcasters such as Radio Immaculée Conception, Radio Alléluia or Radio Maranatha, operating on a regional or even on a national scale, various smaller groups and individual pastors, mainly from evangelical and Charismatic churches, are increasingly contracting broadcasting hours with public, private or community radio stations. Furthermore, many pastors have started to record CDs with prayers and gospel sounds to broadcast, or hire professional media production companies to ensure a large media coverage of their appearances in various media. On the one hand, these strategies represent a particular form of media appropriation, an attempt to obtain a greater share in the changing public
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