Submitted: Thurs, 21 August 2003 Elias Kifon Bongmba Associate Professor Religious Studies Rice University MS 15 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892 USA phone: 713 348-2759 e-mail: bongmba@rice.edu African Religions; Hermeneutics and African Philosophy, African Christianity, New Religious Movements, African Theolgy, Philosophy of Religion, Cultural Studies. Countries of interest: Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa