Yotam Gidron is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven. His work lies at the intersection of African history and anthropology. Previous publications include Israel in Africa: Security, Migration, Interstate Politics (2020).

• Introduction; 1. On encounters; 2. Urban edges; 3. Church genealogies; 4. Words of God; 5. Aesthetic provocations; 6. Biblical bloodlines; 7. Tradition reinvented; Conclusion; References; Index.

'This book is a fascinating and well-presented study of Messianic Christianity among the Nuer of Gambella town, and its many engaging insights deserve a broad readership in the anthropology of Christianity, the history of religion in Ethiopia, and the nascent study of Messianic Protestantism.' Jörg Haustein, University of Cambridge

Yotam Gidron is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven. His work lies at the intersection of African history and anthropology. Previous publications include Israel in Africa: Security, Migration, Interstate Politics (2020).

• Introduction; 1. On encounters; 2. Urban edges; 3. Church genealogies; 4. Words of God; 5. Aesthetic provocations; 6. Biblical bloodlines; 7. Tradition reinvented; Conclusion; References; Index.

'This book is a fascinating and well-presented study of Messianic Christianity among the Nuer of Gambella town, and its many engaging insights deserve a broad readership in the anthropology of Christianity, the history of religion in Ethiopia, and the nascent study of Messianic Protestantism.' Jörg Haustein, University of Cambridge

Yotam Gidron is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven. His work lies at the intersection of African history and anthropology. Previous publications include Israel in Africa: Security, Migration, Interstate Politics (2020).

• Introduction; 1. On encounters; 2. Urban edges; 3. Church genealogies; 4. Words of God; 5. Aesthetic provocations; 6. Biblical bloodlines; 7. Tradition reinvented; Conclusion; References; Index.

'This book is a fascinating and well-presented study of Messianic Christianity among the Nuer of Gambella town, and its many engaging insights deserve a broad readership in the anthropology of Christianity, the history of religion in Ethiopia, and the nascent study of Messianic Protestantism.' Jörg Haustein, University of Cambridge