The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions bringstogether a team of international scholars to create a single-volumeresource on the religious beliefs and practices of the peoples inAfrica.* Offers broad coverage of issues relating to African religions,considering experiences in indigenous, Christian, and Islamictraditions across the continent* Contributors are from a variety of fields, ensuring the volumeoffers multidisciplinary perspectives* Explores methodological approaches to religion fromanthropological, philosophical, and historical perspectives* Provides insights into the historical developments in Africanreligions, as well as contemporary issues such as the developmentof African-initiated churches, neo traditional religions, andPentecostalism* Discusses important topics at the intersection of culture andreligion in Africa, including the arts, health, politics,globalization, gender relations, and the economy

Notes on Contributors xiForeword xixJacob K. OluponaAcknowledgments xxiiIntroduction 1Elias K. BongmbaPart I Methodological Perspectives on African Religions 231 Methodological Views on African Religions 25James L. Cox2 Philosophy of Religion on African Ways of Believing 41V.Y. Mudimbe and Susan Mbula Kilonzo3 Neo-Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: Perspectives from the Social Sciences 62Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff4 Divination in Africa 79René Devisch5 Orality, Literature, and African Religions 97Jonathan A. Draper and Kenneth Mtata6 African Rituals 112Laura S. Grillo7 Postcolonial Feminist Perspectives on African Religions 127Musa W. Dube8 Religion and the Environment 140Edward P. Antonio9 Christianity in Africa: From African Independent to Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches 153Birgit MeyerPart II Interpreting Religious Pluralism 17110 Neo-traditional Religions 173Marleen de Witte11 Spirit Possession in Africa 184Susan J. Rasmussen12 Christian Missions in Africa 198Norman Etherington13 Christianity in Africa 208David T. Ngong14 Coptic Christianity 220Jason R. Zaborowski15 The Ethiopian Orthodox Church 234Christine Chaillot16 African Theology 241Elias K. Bongmba17 The Church and Women in Africa 255Isabel Apawo Phiri18 Feminist Theologies in Africa 269Sarojini Nadar19 Church and Reconciliation 279Tinyiko Maluleke20 Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Modern Africa 295Matthews A. Ojo21 African Initiated Churches in the Diaspora 310Afe Adogame22 Islam in Africa 323Yushau Sodiq23 Women in Islam: Between Sufi sm and Reform in Senegal 338Penda Mbow24 Islam and Modernity 355Carmen McCain25 Jihad 365John H. Hanson26 Shari'a in Muslim Africa 377David Cook27 Hinduism in South Africa 389P. Pratap KumarPart III Religion, Culture, and Society 39928 Religion and Art in Ile-Ife 401Suzanne Preston Blier29 Sufi Arts: Engaging Islam through Works of Contemporary Art in Senegal 417Allen F. Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts30 Religion, Health, and the Economy 430James R. Cochrane31 Religion, Illness, and Healing 443David Westerlund32 Religion and Politics in Africa 457Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar33 Religion and Development 466Steve de Gruchy34 Religion, Media, and Confl ict in Africa 483Rosalind I.J. Hackett35 Gospel Music in Africa 489Damaris Seleina Parsitau36 Religion and Globalization 503Asonzeh Ukah37 Religion and Same Sex Relations in Africa 515Marc EpprechtBibliography 529Index 590