Religion and Society in Africa Scholar Database

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Name Affiliation Title/Position Email Research Interestssort descending
Afe Adogame Princeton Theological Seminary Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society afe.adogame@ptsem.edu Interrogating new dynamics of religious experiences and expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora, with a focus on African Christianities and new indigenous religious movements; the interconnectedness between religion and migration, globalization, politics, economy, media and the civil society.
Mutale M Kaunda ​University of KwaZulu-Natal Dr mutalemkaunda@gmail.com Intersections of African Religions, Cultures, Gender and Sexualities; Religious Pluralism; Pentecostalism
Brandon Kendhammer Ohio University, USA Associate Professor of Political Science kendhamm@ohio.edu Islam and Democracy in Africa; Sharia and democratic governance; Religion and violent extremism; Northern Nigeria
Brandon Kendhammer Ohio University, USA Associate Professor of Political Science kendhamm@ohio.edu Islam and Democracy in Africa; Sharia and democratic governance; Religion and violent extremism; Northern Nigeria
Adeline Masquelier Tulane University Professor of Anthropology amasquel@tulane.edu Islam and Muslim societies, gender & religion, religion & the body, spirit possession, Africa, Niger
Zekeria Ahmed Salem Associate Professor, Politcial Science, and Director, The Institute for The Study of Islamic Though in Africa (ISITA) Northwestern University Associate Professor and Director zekeria.salem@northwestern.edu Islam in Africa: Blasphemy Politics in Africa ; Islamic, ethnicity and social change; African Politics
Hassan Mwakimako Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya Associate Prof. hassanmwakimako@gmail.com Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa; Islam and Politics, Christian-Muslim Relations, Islam and the State, Islam and Modernity.
Elisha P. Renne University of Michigan Professor Emerita erenne@umich.edu Islamic reform movements in northern Nigeria (my book, Veils, Turbans, and Moral Imagination: Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria, is in press with Indiana University Press)
Wilhelm Weber Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Doctor of theology kppwweber@gmail.com Language, Confession, Independence, Unity and Identity.
Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel University Stellenbosch Prof mapvanhuffel@sun.ac.za Law and Religion, Receptive Ecumenism, Church polity