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Bringing Religion Back In: Religious Institutions and Politics in Africa

Bringing Religion Back In: Religious Institutions and Politics in Africa CONFERENCE REPORT BRINGING RELIGION BACK IN: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICS IN AFRICA  BEN JONES (London School of Economics) and KAREN LAUTERBACH (Roskilde University) There is an academic revival in the study of religion and politics, particularly with regard to contemporary Africa. No doubt fostered by a re fl ection on the rapid expansion of Christianity in Africa during the last century and on the contemporary rise of Pentecostalism and Islamism, there have been a number of attempts, from di ff erent disciplines and at di ff erent analytical levels, to make sense of the political signi fi cance of religion. At the same time, an increasing recognition of the numerous ways in which Islamic ideas and institutions relate to and in fl uence pol- itics opens up the possibility of reframing the vocabulary used in the study of state-society relations. With this in mind, a seminar was con- vened in September 2004 at Roskilde University in Denmark, where a number of scholars from across the social sciences were able to share current thinking on the role of religion in how power is organised and institutionalised in Africa. Support for the conference was received from the Graduate School http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

Bringing Religion Back In: Religious Institutions and Politics in Africa

Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 35 (2): 239 – Jan 1, 2005

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Brill
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0022-4200
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1570-0666
DOI
10.1163/1570066054024640
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CONFERENCE REPORT BRINGING RELIGION BACK IN: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICS IN AFRICA  BEN JONES (London School of Economics) and KAREN LAUTERBACH (Roskilde University) There is an academic revival in the study of religion and politics, particularly with regard to contemporary Africa. No doubt fostered by a re fl ection on the rapid expansion of Christianity in Africa during the last century and on the contemporary rise of Pentecostalism and Islamism, there have been a number of attempts, from di ff erent disciplines and at di ff erent analytical levels, to make sense of the political signi fi cance of religion. At the same time, an increasing recognition of the numerous ways in which Islamic ideas and institutions relate to and in fl uence pol- itics opens up the possibility of reframing the vocabulary used in the study of state-society relations. With this in mind, a seminar was con- vened in September 2004 at Roskilde University in Denmark, where a number of scholars from across the social sciences were able to share current thinking on the role of religion in how power is organised and institutionalised in Africa. Support for the conference was received from the Graduate School

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Published: Jan 1, 2005

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