ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 65: Reclaiming religious space: the Africanization of Christianity in West-Africa (Werner Kahl)

Panel Organiser: Werner Kahl

After the end of colonization, Christianity on West-African soil has been re-invented as charismatic Christianity. This version of Christianity is informed by ATR, and this transformation of religion takes place at a time of rapid societal transition. The panel is an attempt to come to a closer understanding of the factors and of the significance of this process.

Accepted Abstracts

An Igbo Prophetess and Her Crusade against Sorcerers, Shrine Priests and Cult Slavery
 
Afrikania: Afrocentrism and the refusal of Christian legacy.
The Identity of African Christianity and the Quest for Authentic Christianity
Jesus, power, and modernity: The attraction of charismatic Christianity in West-Africa