Birgit Meyer

7.4k citations
105 papers · 3.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

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Birgit Meyer

94 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

'Make a Complete Break With the Past.' Memory and Post-Colonial Modernity in Ghanaian Pentecostalist Discourse' 1998 · 278 citations
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Birgit Meyer
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  • Anthropology 1.4k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 504
  • Religious studies 357
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.1k
  • Philosophy 408
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Birgit Meyer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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'Make a Complete Break With the Past.' Memory and Post-Colonial Modernity in Ghanaian Pentecostalist Discourse'
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1998278
2 2004267
3 2005253
4 2001240
5 2010145
6 2004141
7 2011123
8 1995108
9
Religious Sensations. Why Media, Aesthetics and Power Matter in the Study of Contemporary Religion
2006104
10
Magic and Modernity: Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment
200397
11 201296
12 199894
13 201089
14 199880
15
Mediation and the genesis of presence. Towards a material approach to religion
201274
16 199868
17 200963
18 199861
19 199260
20 200959

About Birgit Meyer

Birgit Meyer is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology, Philosophy, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and General Social Sciences, having authored 105 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (23 papers), Religious Tourism and Spaces (19 papers), Media, Religion, Digital Communication (17 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (15 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (8 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (1.4k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (504 citations), Religious studies (357 citations), Sociology and Political Science (2.1k citations) and Philosophy (408 citations). Birgit Meyer has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Algeria and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Geschiere, Philip A. Thomas, Peter Pels, Dick Houtman, Marleen de Witte, David O. Morgan, S. Brent Plate, Crispin Paine, Brian Larkin and Kim Knott. Their work appears in journals such as Material Religion, Journal of Religion in Africa, Africa, Religion and Visual Anthropology.

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