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Religion and the Making of Nigeria
Engelsk Paperback
Religion and the Making of Nigeria
Engelsk Paperback

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In Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria’s social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today’s northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria’s independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9780822362272
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0822362279
Udg. Dato:
9 dec 2016
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
228mm
Højde:
154mm
Forlag:
Duke University Press
Oplagsdato:
9 dec 2016
Forfatter(e):
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