Ruth A. Marshall

Ruth A. Marshall

First Name: 
Ruth A.
Last Name: 
Marshall
Title: 
Associate Professor (currently on leave)
Phone : 
416-978-0241
Office Location : 
JH 300
Biography : 

Ruth Marshall received her DPhil in Politics from Oxford University. She is the author of Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria (U. Chicago Press, 2009) and numerous scholarly articles on the study of global Christianity and politics; religion, ethnicity and citizenship in West Africa (Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire). Her research and teaching are interdisciplinary, drawing on political science, political philosophy, study of religion, anthropology, African and postcolonial studies. In 2013-14 she was a Faculty Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute.

Education: 
MESc, Queen's University
MIA, Columbia University
DPhil, University of Oxford

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Religion and Politics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Post-Colonial Theory
  • Africa: esp. West Africa
  • Transnational Religions
  • War and Violence
  • Youth Militias
  • Sovereignty
  • Citizenship
  • Ethno-Nationalism
  • Autochthony
  • International Interventionism

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