Mostly African historians and scholars of religion look at religion and society and religion in society; and at diaspora, youth, and gender dynamics. Among their topics are religious pluralism
and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere; the concept of expiatory sacrifices in the early church and in African indigenous religious traditions; women’s leadership roles in Aládurà
churches in Nigeria and the US; the place of second generation youth in West Indian Pentecostalism in the diaspora in New York City and London; rethinking women, nature, and ritual purity in
Yoruba religious traditions; and the northern Nigerian Muslim woman between economic crisis and religious puritanism. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
