Staff Profiles

Afe Adogame PhD

Senior Lecturer; World Christianity & Religious Studies

Roles:

Convener, School of Divinity Ethics in Research Committee
Convener, Religious Studies Seminar Series
Member of University Central Committee on Africa; College of Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee; CHSS Contribution Reward Panel; School of Divinity Research Committee; School of Divinity Scholarship (2008-2011); Centre for the Study of World Christianity Committee; School Board of Examiners; School Board of Studies; School Planning and Resources; Edinburgh Research on Religion and Society
Associate Editor, Studies in World Christianity (Edinburgh University Press)
Coordinator, University of Edinburgh-University of Bayreuth Student Exchange Programme

A.Adogame@ed.ac.uk

New College
Mound Place
Edinburgh
EH1 2LX

Telephone: +44 (0)131 650 8928
Fax: +44 (0)131 650 7952

Affiliated research centres

Centre for the Study of World Christianity

Biography

I hold a PhD in History of Religions from the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Until my appointment in 2005 to the Lectureship in World Christianity, I was Teaching & Senior Research Fellow at the Department for the Study of Religion and Institute of African Studies, Bayreuth University from 1995-1998 and from 2000-2005.

Since I joined New College, I have been teaching wide-ranging postgraduate/undergraduate courses in World Christianity and Religious Studies. As Associated and Supervisory Staff at the Centre of African Studies, I teach African Religions & Cosmologies in the MSc in Africa Programme.

External appointments

Expert Peer Reviewer, Economic and Social Research Council, UK 2013
Expert Peer Reviewer, National Research Foundation, South Africa 2013
Expert Scientific Reviewer & Evaluator, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2012
Research Project Evaluator, The Israel Science Foundation, 2010
Expert Reviewer, Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative, Templeton Foundation 2008
Expert Peer Reviewer, Swedish National Bank, 2004
Secretary/Treasurer, Research Committee on Sociology of Religion RC22, International Sociological Association
Deputy Editor, Journal of Religion in Africa (Brill) 2013-
Associate Editor, Studies in World Christianity (Edinburgh University Press)
Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, International Studies in Religion and Society (Brill Academic Publishers); Journal of Religion in Africa (Brill) 2003-2012; Journal of Africana Religions (The Penn State University Press); African Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World (Brill); Ashgate Publication Series, Vitality of Indigenous Religious Traditions; Ashgate/INFORM Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
General Secretary, African Association for the Study of Religion
Consultant, Living Religions Book Project (Mary Pat Fisher), Pearson, Prentice Hall
External Evaluator, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Core Faculty/Lecturer, Faculty Development Institute, ‘Ecologies of Learning Project - Religious Movements and Global Cities’. New York Theological Seminary, NY, USA

Useful Links

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Dr Afe Adogame