Beyond Religious Tolerance - Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town

A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslims, Christians and Traditionalists in a Yoruba Town - Insa Nolte
Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslims, Christians and Traditionalists in a Yoruba Town - Ogen Olukoya
Kingship and Religion: An Introduction to the History of Ede - Siyan Oyeweso
Ambivalence and Transgression in the Practice of Sàngó - Aderemi Suleiman Ajala and Insa Nolte
Sàngó's Thunder: Poetic Challenges to Islam and Christianity - George Olusola Abijade
Compound Life and Religious Control in Ede's Muslim Community - Amusa Saheed Balogun
Challenges and Affirmations of Islamic Practice: The Tablighi Jamaat - Adeyemi Balogun
The Baptist Church in Ede: Christian Struggles over Education and Land - Ogen Olukoya and Amusa Saheed Balogun
Freedom and Control: Islam and Christianity at the Federal Polytechnic - Akin Iwilade and Oladipo Fadayomi
Religious Accommodation in Two Generations of the Adeleke Family - Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani
Marrying Out: Gender and Religious Mediation in Interfaith Marriages - Insa Nolte and Tosin Akinjobe-Babatunde
Everyday Inter-Religious Encounters and Attitudes - Rebecca Jones and Insa Nolte
Outlook: Religious Difference, the Yoruba and Beyond - Insa Nolte and Ogen Olukoya
Appendix 1: Ede Anthem
Appendix 2: Songs of Ede
Appendix 3: Oríkì of the Tìmì of Ede, present and past

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Insa Nolte, Olukoya Ogen, Rebecca Jones

Zusammenfassung

A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rebecca Jones, Insa Nolte, Olukoya Ogen
• Mitarbeit: Rebecca Jones (Herausgeber), Rebecca (Royalty Account) Jones (Herausgeber), Insa Nolte (Herausgeber), Olukoya Ogen (Herausgeber), Ogen Olukoya (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: James Currey
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781847011534
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-153-4
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 241 mm x 163 mm x 2 mm
• Gewicht: 780 g
• Illustration: 15 b/w, 2 line illus.
• Serien: Religion in Transforming Afric; Religion in Transforming Africa; Religion in Transforming Africa; Religion in Transforming Afric
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde