This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African contexts.

Contents: Preface, Ulrich Berner; Introduction: African traditions in the study of religion in Africa: contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora, Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame and Bolaji Bateye; Part I Religion and Society, Religion in Society: Approaches to peacemaking in Africa: Obuntu perspectives from Western Kenya, Lucas Nandih Shamala; Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere, Danoye Oguntola Laguda; Faith, spiritualism and materialism: understanding the interfaces of religion and the economy in Nigeria, Olutayo Adesina; Towards a civil religion in Nigeria, Musa Barnabas Gaiya; The implications of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria, Jacob Kehinde Ayantayo; The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions, Samson Adetunji Fatokun. Part II Diaspora, Youth and Gender Dynamics: Researching African immigrant religions: boundaries, belonging and access, Abel Ugba; Ã?ìní obìnrin kò seé dáké lásán, bí a dáké lásán, enu níí yo ni: women's leadership roles in AládÅ­rà churches in Nigeria and the USA, Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome and Elisha P. Renne; The place of second-generation youth in West Indian Pentecostalism in the diaspora - New York and London, Janice McLean; Religion and masculinities in Africa: an opportunity for Africanization, Ezra Chitando; Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions, Bolaji Bateye; The impact of Christian women's organizations on Nigerian society, Dorcas Olu Akintunde; The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman: between economic crisis and religious puritanism, Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina; Index.