Journal of Religion in Africa

Editorial
pp. 1-1(1)

At War With God: Ju/'Hoan Curing Dances
pp. 2-61(60)
Author: Platvoet, Jan G.

The Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Moorish Society From the Rise of the Almoravids To the 19Th Century
pp. 62-87(26)
Author: EL HAMEL, Chouki

Baraka Without Borders: Integrating Communities in the City of Saints1
pp. 88-108(21)
Author: Gibb, Camilla C.T.

The Idea of 'the Holy' in Swahili
pp. 109-114(6)
Authors: Frankl, P.J.L.; YAHYA ALI OMAR,

The Significance of the African Christian Diaspora in Europe: a Report On Four Meetings in 1997/8
pp. 115-120(6)
Author: Gerloff, Roswith

BALDICK, Julian, Black God. The Afroasiatic Roots of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religions. London, I.B. Tauris, 1997, viii, 197 pp., £39.50 (cloth), ISBN 1 86064 123 7
pp. 121-123(3)
Author: Jedrej, Charles

HAYNES, Jeff, Religion and Politics in Africa, London, Zed Books, 1996, 264 pp. ISBN 1 85649 392 x
pp. 123-124(2)
Author: Linden, Ian

ILESANMI, Simeon O., Religious Pluralism and the Nigerian State, Ohio: Ohio University Press 1997, xxxi, 299 pp
pp. 124-126(3)
Author: Hock, Klaus

VILLALÓN, Leonardo A., Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995, xix, 338 pp., 0 521 46007 7
pp. 127-129(3)
Author: Dilley, Roy

WHEELER, Andrew, Land of Promise: Church Growth in a Sudan at War (Faith in Sudan Series, No. 1), Nairobi, Paulines Publications, 1997, 152 pp., ISBN 9966 21 326 0 £4.00 BROWN, Stuart (ed.), Seeking an Open Society: Inter faith Relations and Dialogue in Sudan Today (Faith in Sudan Series, No. 2), Nairobi, Paulines Publications, 1997, 104 pp., ISBN 9966 21 332 5 £4.00 PEERSON, Janet, In our own Languages: The Story of Bible Translation in Sudan (Faith in Sudan Series, No. 3) Nairobi, Paulines Publications, 1997, 48 pp., ISBN 9966 21 349 x £3.00 BARSELLA, Gino & GUIXOT, Miguel, Struggling to be Heard: The Christian Voice in Independent Sudan 1965-96 (Faith in Sudan Series, No. 4), Nairobi, Paulines Publications, 1997, 126 pp., ISBN 9966 21 372 4 £4.00 PIERLI, F., RATTI, M.T., & WHEELER, A.C. (eds.), Gateway to the Heart of Africa: Missionary Pioneers in Sudan, (Faith in Sudan Series No. 5), Nairobi, Paulines Publications, 1997, 160 pp., ISBN 9966 21 374 0 £4.00
pp. 129-133(5)
Author: Pirouet, M. Louise