Nicolette Manglos-Weber

Nicolette Manglos-Weber is Assistant Professor of Religion & Society in the School of Theology at Boston University. Using the framework of congregation studies, she works on African transnational faith communities and their political and social aspects. Her research and writing also touches on immigration, Evangelical Christianity, caregiving/social welfare, and social trust. Her book, Joining the Choir: Religious Membership and Social Trust among Transnational Ghanaians (Oxford, 2018), is about West African migrants in America who face challenges to building new relations of personal trust after migration, and who seek out and find a basis of trust in religion. Her current research is on religion in Uganda, and its role in the formation of grassroots leaders who are addressing social welfare needs. Email: nmw1@bu.edu