Karen Lauterbach

Karen Lauterbach

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Submitted

    ‘A Man’s Gift Will Make Room for Him’: Sources of Wealth and Legitimacy in Charismatic Christianity in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen & Bob-Milliar, George M., 2023, The Pentecostal World. Wilkinson, M. & Haustein, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, (Routledge Worlds).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Liberal Democracy and the Rise of the Pentecostal Pastor

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2023, University of Notre Dame.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  6. Published

    Review of 'Healing and Power in Ghana: Early Indigenous Expressions of Christianity' by Paul Glen Grant

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2023, American Academy of Religion (Reading Religion).

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  7. 2022
  8. Published

    Staking out God's Kingdom: Moral Geographies, Land and Healing in Southern African Charismatic Christian Farming

    Olsson, Hans Göran & Lauterbach, Karen, 15 Dec 2022, Charismatic Healers in Contemporary Africa: Deliverance in Muslim and Christian Worlds. Fancello, S. & Gusman, A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 144-159, 187-189, 209-211 22 p. (Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2022, The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies. Kim, K., Jørgensen, K. & Climenhaga, A. F. (eds.). Oxford University Press

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    ‘I Will Not Tell Anyone Until You Have Left’: The Ending of a Development Relationship Remembered

    Lauterbach, Karen, Jun 2021, NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa. Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Knodel, K. & Kalfelis, M. C. (eds.). Berghahn Books, p. 57-72

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    'A Refugee Pastor in a Refugee Church': Refugee-Refugee Hosting in a Faith-Based Context

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2021, In: Migration and Society. 4, 1, p. 149-162 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Review Caine 2021: Acts of Humanity and Metaphors of Freedom - Doreen Baingana's 'Lucky'

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2021, Africa in Words.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommissioned

  14. Published

    The Generation of Trust in Political Parties in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen & Bob-Milliar, G. M., 2021, In: Africa Today. 68, 2, p. 81-100 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2020
  16. Published

    Niels Kastfelt, lektor emeritus

    Bruun, Mette Birkedal & Lauterbach, Karen, 1 Sep 2020, In: TEOL-information. 62, p. 22-25 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  17. Published

    "Al ferskvand er forbundet. Al ferskvand kommer ud af pytonslangens mund": Anmeldese af Emezi Akwaekes Freshwater

    Lauterbach, Karen, 21 Feb 2020, POV - POINT of VIEW International.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  18. Published
  19. 2019
  20. Published

    Faith and Displacement: The Role of Refugee Churches in Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 29 Jul 2019, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  21. Published

    'A Refugee Pastor in a Refugee Church' - Hybrid Forms of Faith-Based Hosting in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 23 Jul 2019, Refugee Hosts project, Department of Geography, University College London.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  22. Published

    The Politics of a National Cathedral in Ghana: A Symbol of a Corrupted Government, or Reaching Wakanda?

    Lauterbach, Karen & Bob-Milliar, G. M., 21 Jan 2019, LSE Religion and Global Society Blog.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  23. Published
  24. Published

    Cathedrals and Critique: The Project of the National Cathedral in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, Boakye, S. & Bob-Milliar, G. M., 2019

    Research output: Non-textual formSound/Visual production (digital)Research

  25. Published

    Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives

    Lauterbach, Karen (ed.) & Vähäkangas, M. (ed.), 2019, 1 ed. Leiden: Brill. 358 p. (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, Vol. 35).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  26. Published

    Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives: Introduction

    Vähäkangas, M. & Lauterbach, Karen, 2019, Faith in African Lived Christianity -Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives. Lauterbach, K. & Vähäkangas, M. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 1-11 11 p. (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Fakery and Wealth in African Charismatic Christianity: Moving Beyond the Prosperity Gospel as Script

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2019, Faith in African Lived Christianity - Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives. Lauterbach, K. & Vähäkangas, M. (eds.). Brill, p. 111-132

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Rigdom og veje til Gud i afrikansk karismatisk kristendom - Hokus pokus eller kristen materialitet?

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2019, In: Arken. Tidsskrift for studerende ved Det Teologiske Fakultet, København. 167

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  29. 2017
  30. Published
  31. Published

    Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2017, Palgrave Macmillan. 233 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  32. 2016
  33. Published

    Congolesiske kirker og flygtninge i Uganda - gaver, reciprocitet og spiritualitet

    Lauterbach, Karen, Feb 2016, In: TEOL-information. 53, p. 34-37 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  34. Published

    Book review: Abamfo Ofori Atiemo (2013), Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in Ghana. London & New York: Bloomsbury.

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2016, In: Journal of Law and Religion. 31, 3, p. 411-415 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview

  35. Published
  36. Published

    Religious Entrepreneurs in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2016, Cultural entrepreneurship in Africa. Röschenthaler, U. & Schulz, D. (eds.). Routledge, p. 19-36 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  37. 2015
  38. Published

    Governing Compassion: Religion and the Politics of Assisting Refugees in Urban Space

    Lauterbach, Karen, 21 Nov 2015. 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Legitimizing Wealth in Ghanaian Charismatic Christianity

    Lauterbach, Karen, Jul 2015. 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Enhancing Reflexivity through Cultural Diversity

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2015, Reflections and Teaching Experiences from the International Classroom. Kling, J. & Pérez Skardhamar, L. (eds.). Københavns Universitet: University of Copenhagen, p. 8-9 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  41. Published

    Religion og udvikling - i forskning og praksis

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2015, Kristendom og udvikling - Kan tro flytte bjerge?. Torm, U. (ed.). København: Dansk Missionsråd, p. 41-52 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  42. 2014
  43. Published

    Compassion and Grace: Spiritual Gifts and Relations of Exchange in Congolese churches in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 9 Sep 2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Religion and Displacement in Africa: Compassion and Sacrifice in Congolese Churches in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2014, In: Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contemporary Religious Discourse. 21, 3-4, p. 290-308 19.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Spiritual gifts and relations of exchange among Congolese in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2014, Religion and Development - Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa. Sundnes Drønen, T. (ed.). New York, NY: Peter Lang, Vol. 20. p. 75-86 12 p. (Bible and Theology in Africa, Vol. 20).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  46. 2013
  47. Published

    The Making and Meaning of Pentecostal Congolese Refugee Churches in Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 22 Nov 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The Making of Pastors in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 21 Nov 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Performing and Portraying Pastorship: A study of textual representations of Ghanaian pastors

    Lauterbach, Karen, 5 Sep 2013. 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Adaptive Subjectivity: Making Sense of Religious Experience and the Problem of Belief

    Lauterbach, Karen, 26 Mar 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  51. Published
  52. Published

    Making Sense of Religious Experience and the 'Problem of Belief' in Fieldwork

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2013, In: SMT Swedish Missiological Themes. 101, 3-4, p. 267-280 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published
  54. 2012
  55. Published

    The Economy of Spiritual Talents: Religion and Mechanisms of Exchange among Congolese in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 3 Dec 2012. 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  56. Published

    Præster, velstand og status i Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2012, In: TEOL-information. 45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  57. Published

    The Economy of Spiritual Talents: Religion and Mechanisms of Exchange among Congolese refugees in Kampala, Uganda

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2012. 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  58. 2011
  59. Published

    Refugees and Religious Institutions in Kampala, Uganda - Emergent Sites of Governance and Ordering?

    Lauterbach, Karen, 24 Nov 2011. 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  60. 2010
  61. Published

    Home-town church building in Kumasi: Reflections on African Pentecostal Global Networks

    Lauterbach, Karen, 7 Sep 2010.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  62. Becoming a pastor. Youth and social aspirations in Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2010, In: Young. 18, 3, p. 259-278

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  63. 2009
  64. Published

    Pastors, Power and Politics in Kumasi, Ghana

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  65. Published

    Wealth and Worth: Pastorship and Neo-Pentecostalism in Kumasi

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2009, In: Ghana Studies. 9, p. 91-121

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  66. 2008
  67. Published

    Wealth and Worth: Pastorship and Pentecostalism in Kumasi (Ghana)

    Lauterbach, Karen, 27 Feb 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  68. Published

    The Craft of Pastorship in Ghana and Beyond

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2008, Roskilde Universitet. 263 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  69. 2005
  70. Published

    Bringing religion back in: religious institutions and politics in Africa

    Lauterbach, Karen & Jones, B., 2005, In: Journal of Religion in Africa. 35, 2, p. 239-243

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

  71. Published

    Notions of the past among young Pentecostals in Ouagadougou

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2005, The 'traditional' and the 'modern' in West African (Ghanaian) history: Case studies on co-existence and interaction. Hernæs, P. (ed.). No. 50 Trondheim Studies in History, African Series No. 7. Department of History. Norwegian Universi, p. 77-90

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  72. 2004
  73. Published

    Review of Religions Transnationales (Civilisations, vol. LI, no. 1-2), ed. by Stefania Capone

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2004, In: Africa. 74, 4, p. 686-687

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewpeer-review

  74. 2003
  75. Published

    Churches and Youth Culture in Ouagadougou

    Lauterbach, Karen, 2003, The Sahel: Danish development Policies and the Sahel, Urban Issues in the Sahel, Savannah Forestry - State Knowledge and Local Knowledge, Water and Pastoral Production systems : Proceedings of the 15th Danish Sahel Workshop, 6-7 January 2003. København: SEREIN, Sahel-Sudan Research Initiative, p. 23-38

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  76. 1999
  77. Published

    Mouvements religieux chrétiens et identité chez les jeunes à Ouagadougou

    Lauterbach, Karen, 1999, Villes et Developpement dans les pays du sud: Document de travail. Laboratoire SEDET. Coquery-Vidrovitch, C. (ed.). Paris: Université de Paris-7 Denis Diderot, p. 67-70

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

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