Apartheid. Later he pioneered the study of the amaNazareta by publishing the complete scriptures of this important African Independent Church which in the past was often considered pagan. Alongside his South African studies Hexham also published extensively on New Religious Movements, Theology, the History of Christian Missions, and, more recently National Socialism. His contributions to scholarship were recognized by the award of an academic Festschrift on 23 May 2008 in the Faculty of Theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Selected essays Published reports Religious Extremism in Africa, for UNHCR Emergency & Security Service, Geneva, September 2002, pp. 37 A Review of the Current State of Religious Magazines and Newspapers in Canada," Ottawa, Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, October 2002, pp. 55, assisted by Joanne Emond-McCullum who worked on the French Canadian publications section. Refereed academic articles: "Just Like Another Israel", Religion (London), 1977, 7/1, pp. 1–7. "Calvinism and Culture", CRUX (Vancouver), December 1979, pp. 14–19. "Dutch Calvinism and the Origins of Afrikaner Nationalism", African Affairs (London), Spring, 1980, pp. 195–208. "Christianity and Apartheid: An Introductory Bibliography", Reformed Journal (Grand Rapids), April 1980, pp. S1-S11. "Lord of the Sky-King of the Earth: Zulu Traditional Religion and Belief in the Sky God", Studies in Religion (Waterloo), Vol. 10, 3, 1981, pp. 273–285. "Conversion and Consolidation in an English Town: The Freaks of Glastonbury: 1967–1982", Update (Aarhus), March 1983, pp. 3–12. "Science Fiction, Christianity and Technic Civilization", Word and World (St. Paul), Vol. IV. No 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 35–42. "Religion in Southern Africa", Religious Studies Review, (Waterloo), June 1985, Vol. II, No.4, pp. 370–378. "The Soul of the New Age", with Karla Poewe-Hexham, Christianity Today (Chicago), 2 September 1988, pp. 17–21. "Charismatic Christianity and Change in South Africa", with Karla Poewe-Hexham, The Christian Century (Chicago), 7–24 August 1988, pp. 738–740. "African Religions: Recent & Lesser Known Works", Religion, (Lancaster), Vol. 20; 1990, pp. 361–372. "On Plagiarism and Integrity in Scholarly Activity", Humanist: Humanities Computing, 5:4, 3 April 1992, received electronically via humanist@brownvm.bitnet, 5.0814. This article was published electronically and was later cited in Lingua Franca, September/October 1992, pp. 18–20, and College & Research Libraries, Vol.53, No. 5, September 1992, p. 455. "Isaiah Shembe: Zulu Religious Leader", Religion, 27:4, October 1997, pp. 361–373, this is a revised English version of 33. "Verfassungsfeindlich: Church, State and New Religions in Germany", Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. Vol. 2, No. 2,