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Olsson, “Jesus for Zanzibar”
Olsson, Hans. 2019. Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging, Islam, and Nation. Leiden: Brill. Abstract: In Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal …
Kaell, “Catholic Globalism in the United States”
Kaell, Hillary. 2019. “Catholic Globalism in the United States: Notes on Conversion and Culture.” Exchange. https://doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341531. Abstract: Inspired by Norget, Napolitano, and Mayblin’s …
Tambar, “Professions of Friendship”
Tambar, Kabir. 2019. “Professions of Friendship: Revisiting the Concept of the Political in the Middle East.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, …
Bakker Kellogg, “Perforating Kinship”
Bakker Kellogg, Sarah. 2019. “Perforating Kinship: Syriac Christianity, Ethnicity, and Secular Legibility.” Current Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1086/705233. Abstract: This article examines the rhetorical invocation of …
The Idea of Global Christianity: An Interview with Angie Heo
Anthropologist Angie Heo’s first book, The Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt (2018), examines saintly intercession to explore …
Azzara, “Grappling with the Impermanence of Place”
Azzara, Monique. (2019). “Grappling with the Impermanence of Place: A Black Baptist Congregation in South Los Angeles.” City and Society 31(1): …
Fesenmyer, “Bringing the Kingdom to the City”
Fesenmyer, Leslie. 2019. “Bringing the Kingdom to the City: Mission as Placemaking Practice amongst Kenyan Pentecostals in London.” City and Society 31(1): …
Johnson, Jessica. 2018. Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire.
Reviewed by Brendan Jamal Thornton (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). Depending on what you are looking for, the title of Jessica Johnson’s 2018 volume from Duke University Press may be a bit misleading: you need not be home alone or draw the curtains closed in order to crack the spine of this thoughtful text which is based on a decade of comprehensive ethnographic research
Hager, “The emergence of a Syriac Orthodox Mayan Church in Guatemala”
Hager, Anna. 2019. “The emergence of a Syriac Orthodox Mayan Church in Guatemala.” International Journal of Latin American Religions https://doi.org/10.1007/s41603-019-00083-1 Abstract: The establishment …