Publications
2026
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (Accepted/In press). Regulating Religious Coexistence: The Intricacies of Interfaith Cooperation in Coastal Kenya. (African Religions, Social Realities). Ohio University Press.
Meinema, E. (2026). The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare in Coastal Kenya. In L. van Liere, & E. Meinema (Eds.), The Meaning of Weapons : Material and Discursive Negotiations in Culture and Religion Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [DOI]
Meinema, E., & van Liere, L. (2026). Introduction: The Meaning of Weapons in Politics, Cultures, and Religions. In L. van Liere, & E. Meinema (Eds.), The Meaning of Weapons. Material and Discursive Negotiations in Culture and Religion (pp. 1-29). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [DOI]
van Liere, L., & Meinema, E. (Eds.) (2026). The Meaning of Weapons: Material and Discursive Negotiations in Culture and Religion . Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [DOI]
2025
Scholarly publications
Meinema, E. (2025). Reverberations of Ga Tradition in the Secular State of Ghana. Religious Studies Review, 51, 945-948. [DOI]
Meinema, E. (2025). The Art-Heritage-Religion Nexus: Negotiating Indigenous African Traditions in the Religiously Diverse Context of Coastal Kenya. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict (pp. 1-11). Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Meinema, E. (2025). Tourism in 'Magical Kenya': a journey through time?. Web publication/site, Religiousmatters.nl. https://religiousmatters.nl/urf-blog-erik-meinema-tourism-in-magical-kenya-a-journey-through-time/
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. [DOI] [Repository]
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 (pp. 171-194). (Religion in Transforming Africa). James Currey Publishers. [DOI]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Meinema, E. (2023). Travelogue: Research Trip of ‘Religious Matters’ to Kenya. Web publication/site, Religiousmatters.nl. https://religiousmatters.nl/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. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [DOI]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [DOI] [Repository]
Meinema, E. H. (2020). ‘Idle minds’ and ‘empty stomachs’: youth, violence and religious diversity in coastal Kenya. Africa, 90(5), 890-913. [DOI] [Repository]
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. [Repository]
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.