Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States

Joy R. Bostic is an associate professor in religious studies and director of the African and African American Studies program at Case Western Reserve University in the UnitedStates. She is also a program faculty member for the university’s Women and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies programs. She is the author of African American Female Mysticism and chapters and articles on womanist and feminist religion and culture. Itumeleng D. Mothoagae is a lecturer of New Testament and Early Christian Studies in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, at UNISA in Pretoria. His fields of specialization are New Testament Ethics, Bible Translation, African Biblical Interpretation and Cultural Studies. His academic interests are Black Theology of Liberation, African Ethics and Identity Studies. Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs is the Virginia E. Lewis Professor of Political Science, chair of the Department of Political Science and an associate professor of African American studies at Hood College in Frederick, MD, USA. Her current research focuses on morality and the black politics. She is the author of The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender and the Politics of Public Engagement and several book chapters and journal articles about black churches and public life.

Acknowledgements – Introduction – Psychological, Aesthetical, and Religio-Cultural Landscaping – Tracey E. Hucks: In Search of a "Land Language": Explorations of Race and Land in the African Diaspora – Maarman S. Tshehla: The Struggle for the African Soul in the Interface between Koma (Christian Missions) and Thuto (Basotho Traditions) – Itumeleng D. Mothoagae: The Role of Religion in the Formation of White Nationalism: Exclusion, Race, Ethnicity and Identity in Shaping Democratic South Africa’s Identity – Boitumelo Senokoane/Mofenyi L. Mataboge: Back to Africa: Towards a Re-imagination of "Youth" in Africa – Melinda Contreras-Byrd: A Psychologist’s Perspective on Becoming Agents of an Unruly Transformation – Karen D. Crozier: Affirmative Action and the New Jim Crow: Listening for and Living from the Sound of the Genuine – Sites of Religious Landscaping: Black Churches and African Independent Churches – Donn Worgs: "To Be Relevant": Black Churches, Education and Productive Engagement – Ronald E. Peters: The Reconnectional Hope: Interfaith Transformation of Recidivism to Regeneration of Community – Clemence Makamure/Vengesai Chimininge: Leadership Succession Practices in African Independent Churches in Zimbabwe: The Case of Zion Apostolic Faith Mission Church – Vengesai Chimininge/Clemence Makamure: The Place of Women in African-Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe: The Case of Zionist and Apostolic Churches – Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman: Pick Up Your Cash and Follow Me: Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Socioeconomic Empowerment in Southwest Cameroon – Conclusion – Notes on Contributors – Index.