The Author: Olov Dahlin was born in Ndolage, one of the centres of evangelical Lutheran mission in north-western Tanzania, in 1962 and lived there until 1968. Since then he lived in Sweden. He has studied social anthropology and the history of religions at the University of Stockholm, and in 2001 he completed his studies for the Ph.D. degree in the history of religions at the University of Uppsala. He has taught at the Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. He has for several years worked at the National Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, and is currently teaching at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Gävle.

The Author: Olov Dahlin was born in Ndolage, one of the centres of evangelical Lutheran mission in north-western Tanzania, in 1962 and lived there until 1968. Since then he lived in Sweden. He has studied social anthropology and the history of religions at the University of Stockholm, and in 2001 he completed his studies for the Ph.D. degree in the history of religions at the University of Uppsala. He has taught at the Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. He has for several years worked at the National Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, and is currently teaching at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Gävle.

The Author: Olov Dahlin was born in Ndolage, one of the centres of evangelical Lutheran mission in north-western Tanzania, in 1962 and lived there until 1968. Since then he lived in Sweden. He has studied social anthropology and the history of religions at the University of Stockholm, and in 2001 he completed his studies for the Ph.D. degree in the history of religions at the University of Uppsala. He has taught at the Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. He has for several years worked at the National Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, and is currently teaching at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Gävle.