Africa

Edited by Aaron Michael Ullrey The following Research Reflection is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the academic study of religions. Francesco Piraino, Tenure-track Research Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Director of the Center for...

On February 27, Afe Adogame, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society at Princeton Theological seminary and leading scholar of the African diaspora, delivered the Hackett Lecture in Global Christianity. This lecture examined how and to what...

On March 4-5, the Center hosted a small workshop, "Sacramental Presences: Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Daoist Perspectives." For two days we took up today's turn in comparative studies to ritual and liturgical practice as an important site for new...

On Wednesday, November 14, Mariam Goshadze, a PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion, delivered a presentation on the politics of religious sound in Ghana's capital, Accra. Mariam's talk covered her pre-dissertation fieldwork in Ghana...

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, writes about the importance of interreligious dialogue in today’s world. He wrote about this important topic for America.

This conversation between CSWR Junior Fellow Funlayo Wood and Chief Babalawo Oluwole Ifakunle Adetutu Alagbede took place on February 21 at the CSWR. Alagbede is a professional diviner, ceremonial officiant, and chief priest of the Ile Omo Ope shrine in...

On the day of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa, members of the Faculty of Divinity shared their thoughts on the man, his life, and his legacy. David N. Hempton Dean of the Faculty of Divinity Nelson Mandela came out of...

Myth and history are closely intertwined, as both provide significant insight into our beliefs, traditions, and practices. Any form of nation building involves mythmaking in the production of a revitalized past pertinent to the present. In Anthony D...

A panel discussion on the book Practicing Shariah Law: Seven Strategies for Achieving Justice in Shariah Courts, written by WSRP research associate Hauwa Ibrahim.The event featured two respondents: Ousmane Oumar Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor...

A panel discussion held April 11 on the book City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination, by Jacob Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions at HDS. The event featured two respondents: Laura Grillo, Core Faculty, Mythological...