Rosalind I. J. Hackett is an Extraordinary Professor at University of the Western Cape, South Africa (Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice). She was professor and head of religious studies and adjunct in anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. From 2003-08 she was a Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. She received her PhD in religious studies from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1986, and prior to that taught at Nigerian universities for eight years. In 2000-01 she spent a year at Harvard University as a Liberal Arts Fellow in Law and Religion, Harvard Law School, and was a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS. She was a Rockefeller Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in 2003-04. She was appointed a Mellon Fellow at the University of Cape Town in Religious Studies in May 2014. Dr. Hackett has published widely on religion in Africa, notably on new religious movements, religious media, gender and religion, regulation of religious diversity, and religion and conflict. She has been very active in the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) and was reelected President from 2010-15). She is the cofounder of the IAHR Women Scholars Network. She was a founding member of the African Association for the Study of Religions and has also served as President of the North American Association for the Study of Religions. She is part of the founding steering committee of the African Consortium on Law and Religion Studies, founder/coordinator of the Jazz for Justice Project and the UT Gulu Study and Service Abroad Program in Northern Uganda.

Rosalind Hackett

Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

Research Interests

Cultural Studies

History

Sociology and Political Science

Religious studies

About

Publications

Religion and the Internet

Diogenes / Aug 01, 2006

Hackett, R. I. J. (2006). Religion and the Internet. Diogenes, 53(3), 67–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0392192106069015

Discourses of Demonization in Africa and Beyond

Diogenes / Aug 01, 2003

Hackett, R. I. J. (2003). Discourses of Demonization in Africa and Beyond. Diogenes, 50(3), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/03921921030503005

BELIEFS ABOUT SATAN IN EWE CHRISTIANITY Translating the Devil: Religion and Modernity among the Ewe in Ghana. By BIRGIT MEYER. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. Pp. xxvi+265. £16.95, paperback (ISBN 0-7486-1303-X).

The Journal of African History / Mar 01, 2003

HACKETT, R. I. J. (2003). BELIEFS ABOUT SATAN IN EWE CHRISTIANITY Translating the Devil: Religion and Modernity among the Ewe in Ghana. By B<scp>IRGIT</scp> M<scp>EYER</scp>. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. Pp. xxvi+265. £16.95, paperback (<scp>ISBN</scp> 0-7486-1303-<scp>X</scp>). The Journal of African History, 44(1), 145–194. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853703468485

Ninian Smart: On Buttonholes and Missing Dimensions

Religion / Oct 01, 2001

Hackett, R. I. J. (2001). Ninian Smart: On Buttonholes and Missing Dimensions. Religion, 31(4), 329–330. https://doi.org/10.1006/reli.2001.0367

Power and Periphery: Studies of Gender and Religion in Africa

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion / Jan 01, 2000

Hackett, R. I. J. (2000). Power and Periphery: Studies of Gender and Religion in Africa. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 12(1–4), 238–244. https://doi.org/10.1163/157006800x00148

Oslo Conference On Freedom of Religion or Belief Oslo, Norway, 12-15 August 1998

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion / Jan 01, 1999

Hackett, R. I. J. (1999). Oslo Conference On Freedom of Religion or Belief Oslo, Norway, 12-15 August 1998. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 11(1), 64–68. https://doi.org/10.1163/157006899x00393

Art as Neglected ‘Text’ for the Study of Gender and Religion in Africa

Religion / Oct 01, 1998

Hackett, R. I. J. (1998). Art as Neglected ‘Text’ for the Study of Gender and Religion in Africa. Religion, 28(4), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1006/reli.1998.0145

Religious Plurality in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti

The International Journal of African Historical Studies / Jan 01, 1995

Hackett, R. I. J., Olupona, J. K., & Nyang, S. S. (1995). Religious Plurality in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 28(3), 680. https://doi.org/10.2307/221214

Art and Religion in Africa: Some Observations and Reflections

Journal of Religion in Africa / Jan 01, 1994

Hackett, R. I. J. (1994). Art and Religion in Africa: Some Observations and Reflections. Journal of Religion in Africa, 24(1–4), 294–308. https://doi.org/10.1163/157006694x00165

Theory of Social Involvement: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Religion, State, and Society

Journal of Religion in Africa / Aug 01, 1994

Hackett, R. I. J., & Aigbe, S. A. (1994). Theory of Social Involvement: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Religion, State, and Society. Journal of Religion in Africa, 24(3), 267. https://doi.org/10.2307/1581303

Report On the Conference "the Study of Religions in Africa", the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, September 15-19, 1992

Numen / Jan 01, 1993

Olupona, J. K., & Hackett, R. I. J. (1993). Report On the Conference “the Study of Religions in Africa”, the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, September 15-19, 1992. Numen, 40(3), 319–321. https://doi.org/10.1163/156852793x00202

Education

University of Aberdeen

Ph.D., Religious Studies

Aberdeen

University of Leeds

B.A., French and Religious Studies

Leeds

Experience

Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape

Extraordinary Professor

University of Tennessee

Professor, Religious Studies

Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University

Visiting Professor

University of Calabar, Nigeria

Lecturer

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