Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria - A Contextual Study of Ambivalent Encounters

Informationen zum Autor Akintunde E. Akinade is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Klappentext This book examines the various Christian responses to Islam in Nigeria. It is a study of the complex! interreligious relationships in Nigeria. Using a polymethodic approach! the book grapples with many narratives dealing with interreligious competition and cooperation in Nigeria. Zusammenfassung This book examines the various Christian responses to Islam in Nigeria. It is a study of the complex! interreligious relationships in Nigeria. Using a polymethodic approach! the book grapples with many narratives dealing with interreligious competition and cooperation in Nigeria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Exploring a New Trajectory in Interreligious Encounter 1. Interpretations: Towards a New Approach in Christian-Muslim Encounters 2. Glimpses of the Terrain: The Cross, The Crescent, and the Nigerian Context 3. Abiding Faith: Varieties of Christian Responses to Islam 4. Cross Meets Crescent: Forms of Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria 5. On Faithful Presence: Religion and Human Wholeness in Nigeria Conclusion: On Living and Walking Together into the Future

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Preface Introduction: Exploring a New Trajectory in Interreligious Encounter 1. Interpretations: Towards a New Approach in Christian-Muslim Encounters 2. Glimpses of the Terrain: The Cross, The Crescent, and the Nigerian Context 3. Abiding Faith: Varieties of Christian Responses to Islam 4. Cross Meets Crescent: Forms of Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria 5. On Faithful Presence: Religion and Human Wholeness in Nigeria Conclusion: On Living and Walking Together into the Future

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• Authors: A Akinade, A. Akinade, Akintunde E. Akinade
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781349494750
• ISBN: 978-1-349-49475-0
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: Christianities of the World; Christianities of the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Soziologie, Christentum, Islam, Religion, B, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft, comparative religion, Christianity, Living, Religious issues & debates, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion and sociology, Religions, Religion and Society, Social groups: religious groups and communities