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Bachmann

Hexerei in Nigeria zwischen Christentum, Islam und traditionellen Praktiken

Globale Verflechtungen und lokale Positionierungen bei den Yoruba
Nomos,  2021, 496 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-8034-1


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englischThis study offers a new perspective on witchcraft in Africa. Based on ethnographic research material, it examines Muslim, Christian and traditional Yoruba concepts of witchcraft in the 21st century, presenting them in the contexts of witchcraft in the public sphere, witchcraft and religion, and witchcraft and gender dynamics. Using Yoruba witchcraft history, the author contextualises these local understandings as positions within a global debate on witchcraft. The study is aimed at those interested in ethnology, sociology, religious studies, political science, theology and development work.

The author, Judith Bachmann, is a research and teaching fellow at the University of Heidelberg, whose research focuses on religion in Africa, receive the DVRW Dissertation Award 2023 at the annual meeting of the DVRW.

»Bachmann gelingt mit ihrem Buch eine sehr überzeugende und umfassende Analyse der Bedingungen der Möglichkeit der verschiedenen Positionierungen zu Hexerei und ihrer Zusammenhänge in Nigeria... Bachmanns umfangreiches, anspruchsvolles Buch ist vor allem für ein kenntnisreiches Fachpublikum eine anregende, sehr tief gehende Lektüre.«
Juliane Stork, glopent.net Januar 2022
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