Joel Cabrita

Entangling Web

History & Biography

“Entangling Web is a magisterial refutation of the notion that the growth of Christianity in the Global South is a corrective to the historically ‘European’ character of Christianity. Instead, the volume skillfully shows that the story of Christianity in Europe is complex and endlessly diverse. Masterfully outlining how multiple players constructed the idea of Europe as a Christian entity, the volume shows us that historic centers of Christian faith—Rome, Canterbury, Geneva—continue to be relevant today as in the past.”

Inside the Whirlwind

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Jason Carter's Inside the Whirlwind: The Book of Job through African Eyes is a major intervention in contemporary scholarship on the reading, reception, and uses of the Christian Scriptures in an African context. Through skillfully focusing on the reading practices of Christian communities in the Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea, Carter shows how the Book of Job is creatively mobilized by these readers to address a range of pressing local concerns, including the HIV-AIDS pandemic. He persuasively shows how readers find new grammars of affliction and suffering in the biblical text, using its narratives to offer redemptive interpretations of misfortune. Carter's book will be enthusiastically received by readers within Biblical Studies, Theology, and African Studies.”