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Karen Lauterbach

Lauterbach, Karen. 2017. Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana

Reviewed by Girish Daswani (University of Toronto). In an important thesis published in 1998, Birgit Meyer showed how making a ‘complete break with the past’ had become a central concern for Ghanaian Pentecostals. Five years later, Joel Robbins’ (2003) piece on the

July 7, 2017 ndca-admin

Lauterbach, “Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power”

Lauterbach, Karen.  2017.  Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  Publisher’s Description: This book centers around …

December 7, 2016 ndca-admin

Lauterbach, “Religious Entrepreneurs in Ghana”

Lauterbach, Karen.  2015.  Religious Entrepreneurs in Ghana.  In Cultural Entrepreneurship in Africa, Ute Röschenthaler and Dorothea Schulz, eds.  New York: …

December 3, 2015 ndca-admin

Lauterbach, “Religion and Displacement in Africa”

Lauterbach, Karen.  2014.  Religion and Displacement in Africa: Compassion and Sacrifice in Congolese Churches in Kampala, Uganda.  Religion and Theology …

November 24, 2014 ndca-admin

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Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
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