Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (2024). John A. Chesworth. Mixed Messages. Using the Bible and the Qurʾān in Swahili Tracts. Studies of Religion in Africa 51. (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022) xiii + 292 pp. ISBN 9789004519664. Price: € 27,25. Exchange, 53(2), 163–164. https://doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-bja10055
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452429/exch-article-p163_7.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452429/exch-article-p163_7.pdf?sequence=1
Meinema, E. (2024). Popular Music, Mijikenda Tradition, and Religious Coexistence in Coastal Kenya. In M. Janson, K. Kresse, B. Pontzen, & H. Mwakimako (Eds.), Religious Plurality in Africa: Coexistence, Conviviality, Conflict (Religion in Transforming Africa). James Currey Publishers.
Popularising publications
Meinema, E. (2024). Between witchcraft and terrorism: how social fears in coastal Kenya impact religious expression. The Conversation.
2023
Scholarly publications
Kirby, B., Meinema, E., & Olsson, H. (2023). Muslim political dissent in coastal East Africa: complexities, ambiguities, entanglements. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 17(4), 640-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2023.2300021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437537/Muslim_political_dissent_in_coastal_East_Africa_complexities_ambiguities_entanglements.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437537/Muslim_political_dissent_in_coastal_East_Africa_complexities_ambiguities_entanglements.pdf?sequence=1
Popularising publications
Meinema, E. (2023, May 18). Travelogue: Research Trip of ‘Religious Matters’ to Kenya.
2022
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (2022). Witchcraft, Terrorism, and ‘Things of Conflict’ in Coastal Kenya. In Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Things of Conflict (pp. 111-134). (Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion; Vol. 19). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523791_007
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452269/9789004523791-BP000006.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452269/9789004523791-BP000006.pdf?sequence=1
van Liere, L., & Meinema, E. (2022). Material Religion, Conflict, and Violence. In L. van Liere, & M. Erik (Eds.), Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Things of Conflict (pp. 1-31). (Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion,; Vol. 19). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523791_002
van Liere, L., & Meinema, E. (Eds.) (2022). Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Things of Conflict . (Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion; Vol. 19). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523791
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422803/_9789004523791_Material_Perspectives_on_Religion_Conflict_and_Violence_Material_Perspectives_on_Religion_Conflict_and_Violence.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422803/_9789004523791_Material_Perspectives_on_Religion_Conflict_and_Violence_Material_Perspectives_on_Religion_Conflict_and_Violence.pdf?sequence=1
2021
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (2021). Countering ‘Islamic’ violent extremism? The implementation of programs to prevent radicalization by Muslim-led civil society organizations in Malindi, Kenya. Religion, 51(2), 259-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2021.1865603
Meinema, E. H. (2021). Regulating Religious Coexistence: The Intricacies of 'Interfaith' Cooperation in Coastal Kenya. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/667
van Es, M. A., ter Laan, N., & Meinema, E. H. (2021). Beyond 'Radical' versus 'Moderate'? New Perspectives on the Politics of Moderation in Muslim Majority and Muslim Minority Settings. Religion, 51(2), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2021.1865616
2020
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (2020). Is Giriama Traditionalism a Religion? Negotiating Indigenous African Religiosity in ‘Interfaith’ Cooperation in Coastal Kenya. Journal of Religion in Africa, 50(3-4), 344-372. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340196
Meinema, E. H. (2020). ‘Idle minds’ and ‘empty stomachs’: youth, violence and religious diversity in coastal Kenya. Africa, 90(5), 890-913. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972020000637
2019
Professional publications
Wagemakers, J., Schrijvers, L., Grit, K., & Meinema, E. (2019). ‘Nieuwe Moslima’s in Nederland, Christelijke identiteit in Pakistan en Religieuze Co-Existentie in Kenia: Interview met promovendi Lieke Schrijvers, Kor Grit en Erik Meinema. ZemZem: Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 15(2), 100-109.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/439338/Nieuwe_moslimas_in_Nederland_christelijk_1_.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/439338/Nieuwe_moslimas_in_Nederland_christelijk_1_.pdf?sequence=1
Popularising publications
Meinema, E. H. (2019). 'Kaya-hiphop' en religieuze co-existentie aan de kust van Kenia. In J. Wagemakers, & L. van Liere (Eds.), Wie is er bang voor religie? Waarom kennis van religie belangrijk is (pp. 168-173). Parthenon.
van Es, M. A., ter Laan, N., & Meinema, E. H. (2019). De zin en onzin van de woorden “gematigd” en “radicaal”. In J. Wagemakers, & L. van Liere (Eds.), Wie is er bang voor religie? Waarom kennis van religie belangrijk is (pp. 18-26). Parthenon.