Review of African Immigrant Religions in America

By Dr. J. Peter Pham

African Immigrant Religions in America. Edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Regina Gemignani. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2007. viii 1 352 pp.

African Immigrant Religions in America, a collection of 14 essays edited by Jacob Olupona and Regina Gemignani, is the first book to explore in depth the religious traditions and institutions that have accompanied the recent wave of African immigration. The volume, which includes the work of scholars from the fields of theology, religious studies, history, sociology, and anthropology, is an outgrowth of the African Immigrant Religious Communities Project at Harvard University, a Ford Foundation-supported initiative of Olupona's that combines research of with support for the religious communities (for example, facilitating access to information, networking opportunities, and interfaith dialogue).