African Religions

Mormons! The Least You Should Know

25 May 2012

Before comedian Bill Maher called Mormonism a “cult� for the thousandth time and accused Mitt Romney of having spent his two year-long mission abroad �trying to brow-beat Frenchmen� into joining the church, it was a member of Romney’s own party — a Baptist minister now hosting his...

Nigeria: Insecurity - Jonathan in Crucial Meeting With Sultan, CAN Leaders

23 May 2012

[Leadership] President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), the umbrella body of the two major religions in the country, to take a united position to commend or condemn actions and utterances of groups and individuals that may threaten the peace of the nation.

How a criminologist probing the ritual 'boy in the Thames' murder had to confront the personal tragedy of his own ...

19 May 2012

When Dr Richard Hoskins, pictured, an expert on African religion, was asked to investigate the murder of a young boy in London, he was driven to revisit his own terrible experience of death and witchcraft in the Congo.