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The spiritual is political: Blurring boundaries and challenging assumptions in religion and development

December 21, 2015 0

by Erin Wilson and Brenda Bartelink

Photo credit: Nikki Haze

Researchers at the CRCPD recently concluded a one-year NWO-funded pilot project exploring the entanglement of personal religious and spiritual transformation with […]

Humanitarian Interventionism: Life, Beauty and Our Common Humanity

December 18, 2015 0

Dear Readers: Anthonia Kalu begins our Blog posts on the Nigerian/Biafran war, resulting from our conference in October at the University of Ghana, Legon. Kalu traces both the erasure […]

Electoral Theologies: Pentecostal Pastors and the 2015 Presidential Election in Nigeria

December 14, 2015 1

by Ebenezer Obadare

In the end, the 28 March 2015 presidential election in Nigeria was a perfect anti-climax. Not only did the widespread post-election anarchy confidently foretold by leading commentators and […]

Creating “Safe Churches”: The Elmina Consultation and Beyond

October 7, 2015 0

FROM THE EDITORIAL TEAM: This post on the “Elmina Consultation” continues the discussion on LGBTQ issues in Africa begun on The Blog two weeks ago. Rev. Canon Trisk discusses ongoing […]

The 2015 John Langalibalele Dube Memorial Lecture: “Reconscientising South African Communities Towards Self-Reliance- A ‘Ghost Dance’ with John Langalibalele Dube and Steve Bantu Biko?”

September 24, 2015 0

The 2015 John Langalibalele Dube memorial Lecture is part of the annual Ujamaa Lecture series, this time exquisitely presented by renowned South African Playwright Dr Duma Ndlovu.

This lecture comes at […]