Gez, Dr. Yonatan N.

E-Mail: 
yonatan.gez [at] graduateinstitute.ch
Forschungsbereiche: 
Religion and international development; religion and society in East Africa; self-accomplishment in East Africa; theorizing religious mobility; the 'afterlives' of development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa; the internationalization of private education
Regionale Schwerpunkte: 
East Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publikationen

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Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Dickow, Dr. Helga / Dr. Yonatan N. Gez / Nadia Beider
Africa Spectrum
https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397211052567
Sub-Saharan African societies are widely seen as highly religious. However, at least 30 million Sub-Saharan Africans identify themselves as “religious nones” and are supposedly not affiliated with any religious tradition. While research interest in religious nones has been growing in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, there is a dearth of literature on nones in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we offer an overview of this understudied subject and dwell on key challenges for studying African nones, including preconceived notions and structural oppositions.
2021