Patron Saints? Religious and Political Competition in Sub-Saharan Africa

• In Event: New Directions in the Study of Religion and Politics in Africa

Brief Overview

This paper theorizes conditions under which African ruling parties have faced incentives to intervene in the religious sphere to promote (rather than stifle) religious competition. The theory is used to study variation in politicized Pentecostalism.

Author

• Elizabeth Sperber, University of Denver