Judith Bachmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3826282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith Bachmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith |
| FAMILY NAME | Bachmann |
| SIGNATURE | BACHMANN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-2035-4095 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond the Pentecostal Gender Paradox
In this introduction to the special issue on Pentecostalism and Gender, the editors present new scholarly inquiries in the field, emerging from the 14th GloPent conference in Heidelberg (February 2024). Drawing on the keynote presentations by Keri Day, Brendan Thornton, and Naomi Richman, along with responses by Eva Spies, Claudia Jahnel, and Giovanni Maltese, the authors identify three key areas for advancing beyond Bernice Martin’s influential …
African Traditional Religions Revisited
This volume shares in the increasing recognition of the intricate relationship between religious practices and other social phenomena. Therefore, the authors undertake the study of ATRs within the context of other societal factors. BiAS 43/ ERA 16 reflects on the dynamics of the study of ATRs, the possible methodologies that can be employed for an analysis, and how the motif of continuity and change is captured in different contexts. The chapters…
Geschlecht, Religion und Nation in globalen Verflechtungen
Ansätze einer globalen Religionsgeschichte haben entscheidend zum Verständnis von Allgemeinbegriffen wie Religion als historisch gewachsen und veränderlich beigetragen. Ebenso haben sie aufgezeigt, dass das Verständnis von Religion in Wechselwirkung mit anderen Allgemeinbegriffen wie Nation geprägt ist. Geschlecht findet in diesen Untersuchungen bislang kaum Berücksichtigung. Dabei bestehen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Geschlecht, Nation und Religio…
African Traditional Religion in Comparison
The consensus on the term African Traditional Religion (ATR) seems to be that "religion" is too limiting a concept for traditional practices because they include medicine, knowledge, and prescriptions for everyday life.Yet, as most scholars argue, ATR is the most fitting term one could think of for lack of a better term.Ugandan scholar Okot p'Bitek criticised the likes of Parrinder, Mbiti and Idowu, who made a career of using the term prolificall…
The True and Scientific Religion
A scientific worldview is taken to be a dominant factor of European secularity but peculiarly absent in Africa. Taking cues from the multiple secularities and global religious history approaches, the article uses global entanglements as a critical analytical tool to investigate the formation of our present, shared conditions, without essentializing cultural European/African differences. The core question is: Why, how and under which circumstances…
Materialization through Global Comparisons
The debate over repatriation has only recently come to European attention. Arguments against it still prevail and rely on the interpretation of the things involved as universally appreciated pieces of art or craft, which have to be stored accordingly. However, at least from the Nigerian context, many intellectuals see these objects as proof of their history before colonization. Thus, the objects represent the desire to be free of the ongoing nega…
Witchcraft and Its Implications for Women Reconsidered
In Africa, witchcraft as both a practice and concept is characterized by diversity. A number of places such as Nigeria hold a general suspicion that women are more likely to be witches. This gendered social practice has been studied in anthropology. However, African women’s reactions and interests regarding practices associated with witchcraft (identification, deliverance, healing etc.) have not been studied sufficiently. And in particular, women…
Witchcraft and Its Implications for Women Reconsidered
In Africa, witchcraft as both a practice and concept is characterized by diversity. A number of places such as Nigeria hold a general suspicion that women are more likely to be witches. This gendered social practice has been studied in anthropology. However, African women’s reactions and interests regarding practices associated with witchcraft (identification, deliverance, healing etc.) have not been studied sufficiently. And in particular, women…
Hexerei in Nigeria zwischen Christentum, Islam und traditionellen Praktiken
This 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 …
African Witchcraft and Religion among the Yoruba
These political debates are reflected in a long-ongoing scholarly discussion about whether “witchcraft” in Africa should be regarded as religion or not. At its core, this discussion concerns the quest for African meanings. I argue that we should focus on the translingual practice as the reason for today’s perception of “African” and “European” differences as incommensurable. Tracing back today’s understanding of witchcraft among the Yoruba ( àjé …
African Witchcraft and Religion among the Yoruba
These political debates are reflected in a long-ongoing scholarly discussion about whether “witchcraft” in Africa should be regarded as religion or not. At its core, this discussion concerns the quest for African meanings. I argue that we should focus on the translingual practice as the reason for today’s perception of “African” and “European” differences as incommensurable. Tracing back today’s understanding of witchcraft among the Yoruba ( àjé …
Materialization through Global Comparisons
The debate over repatriation has only recently come to European attention. Arguments against it still prevail and rely on the interpretation of the things involved as universally appreciated pieces of art or craft, which have to be stored accordingly. However, at least from the Nigerian context, many intellectuals see these objects as proof of their history before colonization. Thus, the objects represent the desire to be free of the ongoing nega…
Hexerei in Nigeria zwischen Christentum, Islam und traditionellen Praktiken
This 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 …
African Witchcraft and Religion among the Yoruba
These political debates are reflected in a long-ongoing scholarly discussion about whether “witchcraft” in Africa should be regarded as religion or not. At its core, this discussion concerns the quest for African meanings. I argue that we should focus on the translingual practice as the reason for today’s perception of “African” and “European” differences as incommensurable. Tracing back today’s understanding of witchcraft among the Yoruba ( àjé …
Witchcraft and Its Implications for Women Reconsidered
In Africa, witchcraft as both a practice and concept is characterized by diversity. A number of places such as Nigeria hold a general suspicion that women are more likely to be witches. This gendered social practice has been studied in anthropology. However, African women’s reactions and interests regarding practices associated with witchcraft (identification, deliverance, healing etc.) have not been studied sufficiently. And in particular, women…
Witchcraft and Its Implications for Women Reconsidered
In Africa, witchcraft as both a practice and concept is characterized by diversity. A number of places such as Nigeria hold a general suspicion that women are more likely to be witches. This gendered social practice has been studied in anthropology. However, African women’s reactions and interests regarding practices associated with witchcraft (identification, deliverance, healing etc.) have not been studied sufficiently. And in particular, women…
Materialization through Global Comparisons
The debate over repatriation has only recently come to European attention. Arguments against it still prevail and rely on the interpretation of the things involved as universally appreciated pieces of art or craft, which have to be stored accordingly. However, at least from the Nigerian context, many intellectuals see these objects as proof of their history before colonization. Thus, the objects represent the desire to be free of the ongoing nega…
African Traditional Religions Revisited
This volume shares in the increasing recognition of the intricate relationship between religious practices and other social phenomena. Therefore, the authors undertake the study of ATRs within the context of other societal factors. BiAS 43/ ERA 16 reflects on the dynamics of the study of ATRs, the possible methodologies that can be employed for an analysis, and how the motif of continuity and change is captured in different contexts. The chapters…
Geschlecht, Religion und Nation in globalen Verflechtungen
Ansätze einer globalen Religionsgeschichte haben entscheidend zum Verständnis von Allgemeinbegriffen wie Religion als historisch gewachsen und veränderlich beigetragen. Ebenso haben sie aufgezeigt, dass das Verständnis von Religion in Wechselwirkung mit anderen Allgemeinbegriffen wie Nation geprägt ist. Geschlecht findet in diesen Untersuchungen bislang kaum Berücksichtigung. Dabei bestehen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Geschlecht, Nation und Religio…
African Traditional Religion in Comparison
The consensus on the term African Traditional Religion (ATR) seems to be that "religion" is too limiting a concept for traditional practices because they include medicine, knowledge, and prescriptions for everyday life.Yet, as most scholars argue, ATR is the most fitting term one could think of for lack of a better term.Ugandan scholar Okot p'Bitek criticised the likes of Parrinder, Mbiti and Idowu, who made a career of using the term prolificall…
The True and Scientific Religion
A scientific worldview is taken to be a dominant factor of European secularity but peculiarly absent in Africa. Taking cues from the multiple secularities and global religious history approaches, the article uses global entanglements as a critical analytical tool to investigate the formation of our present, shared conditions, without essentializing cultural European/African differences. The core question is: Why, how and under which circumstances…
Beyond the Pentecostal Gender Paradox
In this introduction to the special issue on Pentecostalism and Gender, the editors present new scholarly inquiries in the field, emerging from the 14th GloPent conference in Heidelberg (February 2024). Drawing on the keynote presentations by Keri Day, Brendan Thornton, and Naomi Richman, along with responses by Eva Spies, Claudia Jahnel, and Giovanni Maltese, the authors identify three key areas for advancing beyond Bernice Martin’s influential …
Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Social science (4 works)