{"product_id":"religion-and-global-politics-soft-power-in-nigeria-and-beyond-9781793645616","title":"Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond examines the deployment of religious soft power in African states and the potential this has for transforming perceptions of the continent. The contributors refocus the attention on religion away from the ‘misery’ discourse of conflict and violence towards the domain of international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy in Africa. Through this shift, the chapters analyze the ways in which religion has impacted the external relations of African states. Religion and Global Politics introduces the theme of religion to the discourse of African international relations and politics to provide a thorough examination of religion’s influence on politics in the daily lives of African people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Haynes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlusola Ogunnubi and Sheriff Folarin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Africa and the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Integrating religion as a tool for public diplomacy in the 21st Century Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToyin Cotties Adetiba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Post-Colonial Relations in Africa and the Emergence of Religion as an Instrument for Inter-State Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor H. Mlambo and Olusola Ogunnubi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Faith-based Organizations as Soft Power for Social Development in Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Ihuoma OGU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Forty years and still counting: Shia exportation and the character of the Nigeria-Iran relations, 1979-2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles E. Ekpo and Ekwutosi E. Offiong \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Other Countries within Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: How Many Divisions? Soft Power, Personal Diplomacy, and the Holy See \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHendrik W. Ohnesorge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Religion and soft power in African foreign policy: Morocco’s new religious diplomacy towards Nigeria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathieu Rowsell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Nye, Soft Power, and Conflict Resolution: Centring Trado-Religious Soft Power in Conflict Processes in Africa \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurulola Eke \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Perspectives from Nigeria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Determinants of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy: Making a Case for Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOladotun E. Awosusi and Charles E. Ekpo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Nigeria’s Religious Soft Power: Turning the Tide of a Declining Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlusola Ogunnubi, Sheriff Folarin, and Confidence Ogbonna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Islam and Nigerian Foreign Policy: Processes, Procedures and Personalities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbubakar A. Usman, Elfatih A Abdelsalam, and Hakeem Onapajo \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Anglicanism and Soft Power in Nigeria: Dimensions and Prospects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpeyemi Idowu Aluko \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Pentecostal Mega Churches and Religious Diplomacy in Nigeria \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrene Pogoson and Maduabuchi Ogidi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Music Diplomacy: The Soft Power of Nigerian Gospel Melody\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlusola Ogunnubi and Dare Leke Idowu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen: Gospel Music Cosmopolitanism in Lagos, Nigeria and the Soft Power Potential of its Iconic Practitioners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanre Kunnuji\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Sixteen: Religious Soft Power influence of Nigeria’s major Pentecostal leaders: Sources and implications for Nigeria and its Regional Power Status\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDare Leke Idowu\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042686599511,"sku":"9781793645616","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religion-and-global-politics-soft-power-in-nigeria-and-beyond-9781793645616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}