2013
Harvard Divinity Bulletin 41, 2&3 (Summer/Autumn 2013)
Harvard Divinity Bulletin 41, 2&3 is devoted to the religions of Africa and its diaspora. Visit http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/harvard-divinity-bulletin on ‘the two-way traffic of the Black Atlantic’: ‘ The contents of this current Bulletin bring home to us how much of Africa survived the Middle Passage and the centuries of degradation that followed. Though we will be forever haunted by the millions of lives destroyed in the process of creating a New World for a privileged few, significant strains in our traditions of music-making, preaching, divinatory and healing practices are traceable to West and Central Africa. Indeed, it is not far-fetched to claim that the Euro-American world is indebted to Africa for its very existence. Yet, while Africa’s vital presence is still felt in contemporary America, so the music, religion, and popular culture that flourished on this side of the Atlantic has found its way back to whence it came, finding expression in the Afropop, Rap, and Reggae you hear on the streets of Freetown, or the “jazz cosmopolitanism” of Accra’ (Michael Jackson’s introduction). It also has an important article by Jacob K. Olupona, and another (on divination) by Phlip M. Peek, two more articles, reviews of books, a documentary film, and Ethiopian liturgical music, and three poems.
2013
IAHR XXI World Congress, Ehrfurt, Germany, 23-29 August, 2015
The Call for Panels and Papers for the XXI IAHR World Congress, on Dynamic of Religions Past and Present, 23-29 August 2015, at Ehrfurt, Germany, has been opened at: http://www.iahr2015.org/iahr/index.html. The deadline for submission of proposals is Sunday, September 14, 2014. Panel and Papers Registration is open now at: http://www.iahr2015.org/iahr-registration/panel-registration.php.
2013
Islam in Africa, International Conference, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, Thursday November 28, 2013
The Think Tank for the Research of Islam and Muslims in Africa together with the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies and the University of Haifa will be hosting at the University of Haifa on November 28, 2013, a conference titled “An International Conference on Islam in Africa”. The conference will deal with four main topics: Israel and Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Nile Basin, Islam and Society in Africa, and Islamic Radicalism in Africa – Sunni and Shi’ite Dimensions.
For further information, visit http://muslimsinafrica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/islam-in-africa-web.jpg
2013
A New Book by Victor Ezigbo, Bethel University
Ezigbo, Victor, 2013, Introducing Christian Theologies, Volume One: Voices from Global Christian Communities. Eugene [OR}: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 304 pp., ISBN 13: 978-1-61097-364-9 (pbk), US$33 (retail price), US$26.40 (web price)
Should Christianity’s theological face remain largely European and North American in the twenty-first century in the wake of the expansion of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America? The question about the “theological face” of Christianity cannot be ignored. For too long African, Asian, and Latin American theologians have been left out of mainstream theological discussions. Few standard textbooks on Christian theology acknowledge the unique contributions theologians from these continents have made to global Christianity. Introducing Christian Theologies: Voices from Global Christian Communities is a two-volume textbook that alters the predominantly European and North American “theological face” of Christianity by interacting with the voices of the Christian communities from around the globe. Introducing Christian Theologies explores the works of key theologians from across the globe, highlighting their unique contributions to Christian theology and doctrine. It covers preliminary issues in theology, divine revelation, Scripture, the Trinity, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, and divine providence and creation. It presents the views of classical and contemporary theologians as well as male and female theologians. The textbook is also ecumenical: it converses with voices from different church denominations & traditions; and it is global: it converses with theologians from different parts of the world.
2013
IAHR-IC Meeting, Liverpool, UK, 14.09.2013
The International Committee (IC) of the International Association for the Study of Religions (IAHR) will meet at Liverpool, UK, on 4 September 2013, during the 12th EASR Annual Conference at Liverpool Hope University, 3-6 September 2013.
IAHR-IC meetings are held at the IAHR quinquennial congresses and mid-term, e.g. at Toronto, Canada, in 2010 during the last IAHR congress; mid-term in 2013 at Liverpool; and in 2015 at Ehrfurt, Germany, during the next AASR congress. Members of the IAHR-IC meetings with speaking and voting rights are two delegates of the odd-forty national and regional associations affiliated to the IAHR, and the members of the IAHR Executive.
The AASR President, Prof. Elias Bongmba, and the IAHR Secretary General, Prof. Afe Adogame, will attend the IAHR-IC as the two AASR delegates.
The agenda of this important meeting, and all the documents relating to it, have been published online as a PDF at www.iahr.dk/bulletins/IAHR_e-Bull_Suppl_August_2013.pdf
