Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
· Associate Professor of Religious StudiesUniversity of Virginia · Religious Studies
Active 1996–2021
About
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. She holds a BA from Bowdoin College, and both her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. Her research interests focus on the history of East African religious movements, including indigenous religions, Christianity, and Islam in Western Kenya. She explores gender and religion in Africa, African indigenous religious rituals, and the history of religions with an emphasis on theory and method. Her scholarly work includes a book manuscript in progress titled 'Millennialism on the Margins: Islam and Patterns of Religious Change in Colonial Western Kenya.' She has contributed to the 'Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy' with an entry on 'The Roho Churches of Kenya,' and has written on topics such as spirits, water, and religious continuities in East African revival movements. Her notable publication 'Women of Fire and Spirit: History, Faith and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya' reflects her focus on gender and indigenous religious practices. Through her teaching, she covers topics including African religions, Christianity in Africa, women and religion, and religious themes in African literature and film, among others.
Awards & honors
- Women of Fire and Spirit: History, Faith and Gender in Roho…
- Dictionary of African Biography (2011)
- Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy (In Press)
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