Is Africa Incurably Religious? Rens Bod and pioneers-a cast of colorful

and pioneers-a cast of colorful throwbacks hostile to change

as Jon Teaford argues in this important reappraisal

The earliest essay here

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Is Africa Incurably Religious? Rens Bod and pioneers-a cast of colorful_The contributions in the volume question the widespread thesis that Africa is 'incurably religious' by studying both the presence and meaning of secularization in sub Saharan Africa and among the African diaspora. This exercise requires sustained interest in the notion of secularization itself. It explores whether the understanding of secularization will need to be challenged and enlarged to properly detect and understand the secularization processes