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South Africa

Eds. Gilhus, Tsakos, and Wright, The Archangel Michael in Africa

Eds. Gilhus, Ingvild Saelid, Alexandros Tsakos, and Marta Camilla Wright. 2019. The Archangel Michael in Africa: History, Cult, and Persona. …

May 6, 2019 ndca-admin

Hackman, “Desire Work”

Hackman, Melissa. 2018. Desire Work: Ex-Gay and Pentecostal Masculinity in South Africa. Durham: Duke University Press.  Publisher’s Description: In postapartheid Cape Town—Africa’s …

November 21, 2018 ndca-admin

Burchardt, “Saved from hegemonic masculinity?”

Burchardt, Marian.  2017. Saved from hegemonic masculinity? Charismatic Christianity and men’s responsibilization in South Africa.  Current Sociology.  Early online publication. …

April 24, 2017 ndca-admin

Pieterse, “Managing belief in a hostile world”

Pieterse, Jim.  2016. Managing belief in a hostile world: experiencing gifts of the Spirit at a small Pentecostal Charismatic Church …

March 8, 2016 ndca-admin

Hackman, “A Sinful Landscape”

Hackman, Melissa. A Sinful Landscape: moral and sexual geographies in Cape Town, South Africa. Social Analysis 59(3): 105-125. Abstract: ‘Spiritual mapping’ is a …

December 16, 2015 ndca-admin

Abraham, “Christian hip hop as pedagogy”

Abraham, Ibrahim.  2015. Christian hip hop as pedagogy: a South African case study.  Journal of Beliefs and Values.  Early online …

November 9, 2015 ndca-admin

Jacobs, “‘Giving God his due?'”

Jacobs, Evan Carl Edward.  2015. “Giving God his due?” Understanding tithing and its function within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  Anthropology …

October 13, 2015 ndca-admin

van Wyk, “Prosperity and the work of luck in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, South Africa”

van Wyk, Ilana. 2015. “Prosperity and the work of luck in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, South Africa.” …

June 21, 2015 ndca-admin

MĂĽller, “The Zion Christian Church and Global Christianity”

MĂĽller, Retief. 2015. The Zion Christian Church and Global Christianity: negotiating a tightrope between localisation and globalisation. Religion DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.992111 [pre-publication release] …

January 20, 2015 ndca-admin

Hackman, “Desire Work: Producing Heterosexuality in South African Pentecostal Gay Men”

Hackman, Melissa. 2014.Desire Work: Producing Heterosexuality in South African Pentecostal Gay Men. Ethnos DOI:10.1080/00141844.2014.954591 [Pre-publication digital release] Abstract: Gay men in Cape Town, …

September 24, 2014 ndca-admin

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