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Articles written by Adriaan van Klinken

Senghor, Literary Priest: Adriaan Van Klinken interviews David Ngnong

Series: CM Conversations
David Tonghou Ngong and Adriaan van Klinken
October 6, 2026

Rather than romanticizing African suffering, Senghor’s Eucharist seeks to bring it to the fore so that it may be attenuated

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Literature, Politics, and Theology in Nigeria: David Ngong Interviews Adriaan van Klinken

Series: CM Conversations
Adriaan van Klinken and David Tonghou Ngong
October 1, 2026

My book seeks to explore how Nigerian literary texts help us to understand Nigerian Christianity—offering creative representations of it, but also critical commentaries on the socio-political impact of Christian beliefs and practices.

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“Man of Letters” vs “Man of God”: Pentecostal Pastors and Contemporary Nigerian Writers

Series: Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State
Adriaan van Klinken
October 4, 2023January 25, 2024

It might be too early to declare the “Men of Letters” as belonging to yesterday. 

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The Power of Kenyan, Christian, Queer Imagination

Series: Symposium on Kenyan/Christian/Queer
Adriaan van Klinken
October 28, 2021January 27, 2024

The arts have an ability to explore the potential of religion to contribute to a progressive, critical, and innovative vision for society, and thus to inspire social transformation.

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