A Problem of Presence
Beyond Scripture in an African Church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7436388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James G Huff (0000-0002-4548-4761, corresponding author), James Huff |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 300-300 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pneuma (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-0965 • E-ISSN: 1570-0747 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/027209609x12470371388281 |
| OpenAlex | W2060286265 |
| Language | EN |
300 Book Reviews / Pneuma 31 (2009) 291-329 Matthew Engelke, A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007). xiii + 304 pp., $60.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. How do people understand the Bible as a material object, and how do their conceptions of its materiality give life to the Christianity they embody? Engelke tackles these and other compelling research questions in an engaging historical ethnography of one group of Afri- can Christians, the Friday apostolics, who “practice a religion in which things do not mat- ter” (246). Chief among these things is the
Materiality · African history and culture analysis · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |