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, re...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham London
Duke University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Vaughan, Olufemi, Religion and the Making of Nigeria] (2019) (Gago, Bullus)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nigeria
/ Religion
/ Islam
/ Christianity
/ State
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| Further subjects: | B
Church and state (Nigeria)
History
B Religion and state (Nigeria) B Political Culture (Nigeria) Religious aspects B Islam and state (Nigeria) History |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Religion and the Making of Nigeria. - Durham, N.C. - 9780822362067 |
| Summary: | 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 Christian missionary movement in contemporary 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, fierce competition among political elites for state power, and the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions represent structural imbalances founded on the religious distinctions forged under colonial rule Islam and Christianity in the making of modern Nigeria -- Islam and colonial rule in northern Nigeria -- Christianity and the transformation of colonial southern and northern Nigeria -- The politics of religion in northern Nigeria during decolonization -- Religion and the postcolonial state -- Religious revival and the state : the rise of pentecostalism -- Expanded Sharia : the northern Ummah and the fourth republic -- Expanded Sharia : resistance, violence, and reconciliation -- Sharia politics, Obasanjo's PDP federal government, and the 1999 constitution |
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| ISBN: | 0822373874 |