Niels Kastfelt

Niels Kastfelt

Associate professor emeritus, Associate Professor emeritus


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Tinubus tur? Veteranen vandt i Nigeria - men fremtiden tilhører de unge

    Kastfelt, Niels, 17 Mar 2023, In: Vid og sans . 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  3. 2020
  4. Published

    Nigeria fylder 60 - er der noget at fejre?

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2020, In: Globalnyt. 20. oktober 2020, 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  5. Published

    The Sounds of the Christians in Northern Nigeria: Notes on an Acoustic History of Bachama Christianity

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2020, Faith in African Lived Christianity: Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives. Lauterbach, K. & Vähäkangas, M. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 180-194 15 p.

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

  6. 2019
  7. Published

    Fra mission til verdenskristendom

    Kastfelt, Niels, Feb 2019, In: TEOL-information. 59, p. 27-30 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  8. 2018
  9. Published

    Danskerne på Guldkysten

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2018, In: TEMP - tidsskrift for historie. 17, p. 172-179 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Vendepunkter i Mission Afrikas historie

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2018, In: Mission Afrika. 2018, nr. 4, p. 11 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  11. 2017
  12. Published

    Religionsfrihed og religionslighed: Kristendom og islam i Nigeria, og andre steder

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2017, In: TEOL-information. Nr. 55, p. 14-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  13. 2016
  14. Published

    Atlantiske kulturmøder. Slavehandel, migration og kristendom i det 18. århundrede

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2016, Krig, korstog og kulturmøder i 1700-tallet. Møller Jensen, J. & Selch Jensen, C. (eds.). Nyborg: Østfyns Museer, p. 39-57 19 p.

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

  15. Published

    Songs and Sleeping Sickness in a Nigerian Village

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2016, (Gen)klange. Essays om kunst og kristendom tilegnet Nils Holger Petersen på 70-årsdagen. Garne, K. & Nørgaard, L. (eds.). København: Det Teologiske Fakultet, p. 176-182 7 p. (Publikationer fra Det Teologiske Fakultet, Vol. 62).

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

  16. Published

    The Chief's Body and the Pastor's Soul in Northern Nigerias: Christianity and Custom in the Life and Death of Hama Bachama Wilberforce Myahwegi, 1922-1994

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2016, Teologien i Historien - Historien i Teologien: Festskrift til Professor Lauge O. Nielsen. Selch Jensen, C. & Gottlieb, C. (eds.). København: Eksistensen, p. 291-307 17 p.

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

  17. 2015
  18. Published

    Hvad vil Boko Haram?

    Kastfelt, Niels, May 2015, In: Ugemagasinet Ræson. 21, p. 50-53 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  19. Published

    Religion, mission og udvikling - en historisk introduktion

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2015, Kristendom og udvikling - kan tro flytte bjerge?. Frederiksberg: Dansk Missionsråd, p. 33-40 8 p.

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

  20. 2013
  21. Published

    Grænsegængerne: Missionærer, kulturformidling og den moderne verden

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2013, Grænsegængere: Missionærer, kultur og den moderne verden. S. Mogensen, M. (ed.). Frederiksberg: Dansk Missionsråd, p. 8-27 20 p.

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

  22. Published

    Kristendom i grænseland: Kirkehistoriske perspektiver på et afrikansk religionsmøde

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2013, In: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift. årg. 76, 3, p. 2-20 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2011
  24. Published

    Kristne og muslimer i Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2011, In: Carsten Niebuhr Biblioteket. 22, p. 8-12

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  25. 2010
  26. Published

    Religious Texts as Models of Exclusion. Scriptural Interpretation and Ethnic Politics in Northern Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2010, Hermeneutics, Scriptural Politics, and Human Rights: Between Text and Context. de Gaay Fortman, B., Martens, K. & Salih, M. A. M. (eds.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 185-204 19 p.

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

  27. 2009
  28. Published

    Kristendommens Historie - set fra neden

    Ingesman, P., Jensen, Carsten Selch, Kastfelt, Niels, Pedersen, N. A., Malmgart, L. & Riis, C., 2009, In: Nyt fra Historien. LVIII, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  29. 2008
  30. Published
  31. 2006
  32. Published

    Anm. af Michael A. Gomez: Reversing Sail. A History of the African Diaspora (Cambridge UP, 2005) 236 s.

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2006, In: Nyt fra Historien. LV, 1 Forår 2006, p. 15-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  33. Published

    Anm. af Roland Oliver and Anthony Atmore: Africa since 1800, 5. udg. (Cambridge UP, 2005), 405 s.

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2006, In: Nyt fra Historien. LV, 1 Forår 2006, p. 17-18

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  34. Published

    Speakin for Ourselves: Afrikanske stemmer i kirkehistorieskrivningen En historiografisk essay.

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2006, Reformationer. Universitet - Kirkehistorie - Luther. Århus: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 141-150

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

  35. 2005
  36. Published

    Afrikastudiet som ny kandidatuddannelse

    Kastfelt, Niels & Hansen, H. B., 2005, In: TEOL-information. Nr. 32, sept. 2005, p. 7-9

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  37. Published

    Anm. af Philip M. Peel & Kwesi Yankah (eds.): African Folklore. An Encyclopedia. Routledge, 2004. 593 s.

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2005, In: Nyt fra Historien. LIV, 1 Forår 2005, p. 13-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  38. Published

    Det begyndte i København... Knudepunkter i 300 års indisk-danske relationer i mission

    Kastfelt, Niels (ed.), Iversen, Hans Raun (ed.), Bugge, K. E. (ed.), Malmgart, L. (ed.), Nielsen, H. (ed.), Nørgaard, A. (ed.) & Oommen, G. (ed.), 2005, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. 344 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  39. Published

    History, Religion and Political Culture in Northern Nigeria: The Contexts of a Recent Bachama-Muslim Conflict

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2005, The 'Traditional' and the 'Modern' in West African (Ghanaian) History. Case studies on co-existence and interaction. Trondheim: No. 50 Trondheim Studies in History, African Series No. 7. Department of History. Norwegian Universi, p. 35-57

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

  40. Published

    Religion and African Civil Wars

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2005, London: C. Hurst. 203 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Religion and African Civil Wars

    Kastfelt, Niels (ed.), 2005, London: Hurst. 203 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  42. Published

    Religion and African Civil Wars. Themes and Interpretations

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2005, Religion and African Civil Wars. London: Hurst, p. 1-27

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

  43. Published

    Review of David Maxwell and Ingrid Lawrie (eds.): Christianity and the African Imagination: Essays in honour of Adrian Hastings. Leiden: Brill, 2002. xii + 421 pp.

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2005, In: African Affairs. The Journal of the Royal African Society. Vol. 104, No. 414, Jan. 2005, p. 157-158

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  44. Published
  45. 2004
  46. Published

    Bachama Culture in a Literary Imagination: Reflections on the Work of Jackson B. Ngbanti

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2004, In: Kürito. A Journal of Bwatiye Studies. Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 38-50

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  47. Published

    Bibelen som identitetsskaber - at oversætte ånder i Afrika

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2004, In: Bibliana. 1, p. 29-33

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  48. Published

    Erindring og metode. Historisk feltarbejde i et afrikansk samfund

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2004, Erindring og kirkehistorie. Kirkehistoriske Fragmenter, 1. København: Det Teologiske Fakultet, p. 61-84

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

  49. 2003
  50. Published

    Introduction

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2003, Scriptural Politics. The Bible and the Koran as Political Models in the Middle East and Africa. London: C. Hurst, p. 1-15

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

  51. Published

    Kristendom, islam og afrikansk politik

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2003, In: TEOL-information. Nr. 28, september, p. 39-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  52. Published

    Scriptural Politics. The Bible and the Koran as Political Models in the Middle East and Africa

    Kastfelt, Niels (ed.), 2003, London: C. Hurst. 226 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  53. Published

    Seek Ye First the Christian Political Kingdom: The Bible as a Political Model in the Nigerian Middle Belt

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2003, Scriptural Politics. The Bible and the Koran as Political Models in the Middle East and Africa. London: C. Hurst, p. 203-220

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

  54. 2002
  55. Published

    Christian Missionaries and the Emergent Colonial State in Northern Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2002, Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World. Oxford: James Currey, p. 136-146

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  56. 2001
  57. Published

    Kirkestrid i Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2001, Fremtid og håb - kirken på vej. Christiansfeld: Sudanmissionen, p. 28-32

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

  58. Published

    Paul Gifford: African Christianity. Its Public Role (London, 1998)

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2001, In: Development and Change. Vol. 32 (2), p. 380-381

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  59. Published

    Sudanese Society in the Context of Civil War

    Kastfelt, Niels (ed.) & Johannsen, M. (ed.), 2001, København: Museum Tusculanum.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  60. 2000
  61. Published

    Kristendom og etnisk identitet i et afrikansk samfund

    Kastfelt, Niels, 2000, In: Humaniora. 15. årg., nr. 4, p. 3-6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  62. 1999
  63. Published

    Lokalhistorie i Afrika. Perspektiver fra Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1999, In: Journalen. Lokal- og kulturhistorisk tidsskrift. 1, p. 26-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  64. 1998
  65. Published

    Kampen om den verdslige stat - et nigeriansk eksempel

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1998, Teologien i samfundet. Festskrift til Jens Glebe-Møller. København: Eksistensen, p. 463-475

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

  66. Published

    Nigeria:Peoples and Cultures: Northeastern Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1998, Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, p. 319-321

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

  67. Published

    The Story of Ngburum and the Partridge

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1998, In: Linto. Newsletter of the Gwaha Foundation. vol. 1, no.8, p. 2-3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  68. Published

    Women Evangelists in Adamawa: Three Missionary Biographies

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1998, Københavns Universitet: Institut for Kirkehistorie.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  69. 1997
  70. Published

    "A Song in Kwa Bwatiye by Dr. N.H. Brønnum"

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1997, In: Linto. Newsletter of the Gwaha Foundation. Vol. 1, No. 7, p. 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  71. Published

    "Nigeria: Peoples and Cultures: Northeastern Nigeria"

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1997, Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, p. 319-321

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

  72. Published

    Religion and Politics in Afrika and the Islamic World. Report from the 1997 Conference of the University of Copenhagen North/South Focus Area on Religion and Politics, Tune Landboskole, 1-3 October 97

    Kastfelt, Niels & Tvillinggaard, J. D. K., 1997, København: University of Copenhagen, The North/South Priority Research Area. 287 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  73. Published

    Religion, State and Local Politics in Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1997, Religion and Politics in Africa and the Islamic World. København: University of Copenhagen, The North/South Priority Research Area, p. 41-59

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

  74. Published

    The Focus Area on Religion and Politics in Africa and the Islamic World

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1997, Religion and Politics in Africa and the Islamic World. København: University of Copenhagen, The North/South Priority Research Area, p. 1-6

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

  75. 1994
  76. Published

    Politik og religion i Nigeria

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1994, Mosaik - tre kirker i Afrika. Christiansfeld: Forlaget Savanne, p. 13-20

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

  77. Published

    Religion and Politics in Nigeria. A Study in Middle Belt Christianity

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1994, London, New York: British Academy Press. 204 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  78. 1993
  79. Published

    "Christianity, Colonial Legitimacy and the Rise of Nationalist Politics in Northern Nigeria"

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1993, Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa. Essays in Honour of A.H.M. Kirk-Greene. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 191-209

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

  80. 1992
  81. Published

    Afrikastudier og teologi ved Københavns Universitet

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1992, In: Menighedsraadenes Blad. 6, juni 1992, p. 30-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  82. Published

    Anmeldelse af C. Rise Hansen: Missionær Christian Vilhelm Grønning. En slesvigsk missionær i Indien og hans elever i 1800-tallet, Aabenraa, 1991

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1992, In: Historisk Tidsskrift. Bind 92, Hæfte 2, p. 472-473

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  83. Published

    Anmeldelse af Tidsskriftet Antropologi, nr. 23, 1991 (Tema: mission)

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1992, In: Religions Videnskabeligt Tidsskrift. nr 21, 1992, p. 107-112

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  84. 1991
  85. Published

    Swedish Trade with Africa. Anmeldelse af Gyorgy Novaky, Handelskompanier och kompanihandel: Svenska Afrikakompaniet 1649-1663 (Uppsala, 1990)

    Kastfelt, Niels, 1991, In: Journal of African History. vol.32, no.2, p. 341-2

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

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