Religion and the Making of Nigeria

Informationen zum Autor Olufemi Vaughan Klappentext Olufemi Vaughan is Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College and the author and editor of many books, including Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s. Zusammenfassung In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian! Muslim! and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  ix Introduction  1 1. Islam and Christianity in the Making of Modern Nigeria  13 2. Islam and Colonial Rule in Northern Nigeria  39 3. Christianity and the Transformation of Colonial Southern and Northern Nigeria  69 4. The Politics of Religion in Northern Nigeria during Decolonization  89 5. Religion and the Postcolonial State  112 6. Religious Revival and the State: The Rise of Pentacostalism  139 7. Expanded Sharia: The Northern Ummah and the Fourth Republic  158 8. Expanded Sharia: Resistance, Violence, and Reconciliation  181 9. Sharia Politics, Obasanjo's PNP Federal Government, and the 1999 Constitution  199 Conclusion  223 Bibliography  273 Index  295

Product details

• Authors: Olufemi Vaughan
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780822362067
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-6206-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Religious Cultures of African; Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People; Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People; Religious Cultures of African
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous