Publications

 


AASR
Publication Policy


The AASR promotes publications on the religions of Africa, especially by scholars posted in Africa, in order to achieve two aims. One is to assist scholars in African universities to par­ticipate in the developments in the academic study of religions worldwide by having their their books published also outside Africa. The other is to alleviate Africa’s book famine. Due to the ever deteriorating exchange rates between the leading currencies and those of most nations of Africa, the prices of foreign periodicals and books have become ever more exorbitant and li­bra­ries of African uni­versities have become ever more depleted of them. The AASR attempts, in however small a way, to assist in the publication and distribution in Africa of books in the field of the academic study of the religions of Africa.

For historical background to the AASR publications below, see AASR History.

 

AASR Publications
in chronological order


Platvoet, Jan G., J.L. Cox & J.K. Olupona (eds.) 1996, The Study of Religions in Africa: Past, Present and Pros­pects; Proceedings of the IAHR Regional Conference at Harare, Zim­bab­we, 1992. Cambridge: Roots and Branches (= Religions of Africa, 1).

Cox, James, 1997, Rational Ancestors: Scientific Ra­ti­o­nality and African Indigenous Religions. Cardiff: Car­diff Academic Press (= Religions of Africa, 3).

Ilesanmi, Simeon, 1997, Re­ligious Pluralism in the Nigerian State. Athens (Ohio): Ohio University Center for In­ternational Studies, (= Religions of Africa, 2).

Tayob, Abdulkader, 1999, Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams and Sermons. Gaines­ville: University of Florida Press (= Religions of Africa, 4).

Amanze, James N., 2000, Islam in Botswana, 1882-1995. Uppsala: Uppsala University/Almqvist & Wiksell International (= Uppsala Research Reports in the History of Religion, 15; published in cooperation with the AASR).

Haar, Gerrie ter, 2001a, African Christians in Europe. Nairobi: Acton Press (= African Religions in Global Contexts; originally published as: Gerrie ter Haar 1998, Half­way to Paradise: African Christians in Europe. Cardiff: Academic Press).

Haar, Gerrie ter, (ed.) 2001b, Re­li­gi­­ous Communities in the Diaspora. Nairobi: Acton Press (= African Religions in Global Contexts; originally published as: Gerrie ter Haar [ed.] 1998, Strangers and So­jour­ners: Religious Communities in the Diaspora. Leuven: Peeters).

Cox, James L., & Gerrie ter Haar (eds,) 2003, Uniquely Af­ri­can?: African Christian Identity from Cultural and Historical Per­spec­tives. Trenton (New Jersey): Af­ri­ca World Press (= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 1).

Igenoza, Andrew Olu, 2003, Polygamy and the African Churches: A Biblical Appraisal of an African Marriage System. Ibadan: African Association for the Study of Reli­gions (= Studies in Nigerian Religions, 1)

Matthews A. Ojo 2006, The End-Time Army: Charismatic Movements in Modern Nigeria. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2006 (= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 2) , European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

Mugambi, J.K.N., & Mary N. Getui (eds.) 2004, Religions in East Africa under Globalisation. Nairobi: Acton Publishers.

 

Leslie S. Nthoi 2006, Contesting Sacred Space: A Pilgirmage Study of the Mwali Cult of Southern Africa. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 3)

Gerrie ter Haar (ed.) 2007, Imagining Evil: Witchcraft Beliefs and Accusations in Contemporary Africa. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press(= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 4)

Asonzeh Ukah 2008, A New Paradigm of Pentecostal Power: A Study of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 5)

Abel Ugba 2009, Shades of Belonging: African Pentecostals in Twenty-First Century Ireland. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (= Religion in Contemporary Africa, 6)

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