Associate Professor of Anthropology
524 Varner Hall
(248) 370-2501
gooren@oakland.edu
Research Interests
Anthropology of religion, conversion models, Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Mormonism, Adventism, and Roman Catholicism in Latin America
Selected Publications
Henri Gooren. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America. Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 34 (2): 185-207 (2012).
Henri Gooren. Religious Conversion and Disaffiliation: Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices, New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.
Henri Gooren. The Pentecostalization of Religion and Society in Latin America, Exchange 39 (4): 355-376, 2010.
Henri Gooren. Ortega for President: The Religious Rebirth of Sandinismo in Nicaragua, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 89: 11-27, 2010.
Henri Gooren. "The Mormons of the World: The Meaning of LDS Membership in
Central America," in Cardell K. Jacobson, John P. Hoffman, and Tim B.
Heaton, eds., Revisiting Thomas F. O'Dea's "The Mormons": Contemporary
Perspectives, 362-388, Salt Lake City (UT): University of Utah Press,
2008.
Henri Gooren. Reassessing Conventional Approaches to Conversion: Toward a New Synthesis, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 46(3):
337-353, 2007.
Courses Taught
AN 102 Culture and Human Nature
AN 271 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
AN 302 Anthropological Research Methods
AN 371 Peoples and Cultures of Mexico and Central America
AN 392 Religious Conversion and Globalization
IS 250 Introduction to Latin America