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Book SynopsisReligion, History, and Politics in Nigeria is concerned with the problematic nature of religion and politics in Nigerian history. The book provides a lively and straightforward treatment of the relationship among religion, politics, and history in Nigeria, and how it affects public life today.
Trade ReviewA timely contribution....The book is a collection of well-researched chapters with important lessons for understanding and consolidating the Nigerian state. -- M.H.A. Bolaji, 2008 * African Affairs *
The contributors use multiple genres, perspectives, and new historiography to examine the interplay of politics and religion in Nigeria and how it affects public life today. Recent studies on the subject tend to exclude the existence of indigenous religions in Nigeria by focusing on the significant impact of Christianity and Islam in shaping the history and poltics there. The strength of this book is that it fills a void by bringing these themes together in a single volume. It is a must-read for those interested in understanding the 'relationship amongst evangelism, cultural forces, and economic imperatives in the age of globalization.' Summing Up: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. General readers as well as academic audiences, lower-division undergraduate through faculty. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword by Obioma Nnaemeka Chapter 2 Introduction by Chima J. Korieh and G. Ugo Nwokeji Chapter 3 CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER WITH ISLAM AND INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS: Christianity and Nigerian Indigenous Culture: Jude C. Aguwa Chapter 4 "Making Favorable Impressions": Bishop Crowther's C.M.S. Niger Mission in Jihadist Nupe Emirate, 1859-1879: F.J. Kolapo; Bishop Crowther and Archdeacon Crowther: Inter-Generational Challenge and Opportunity in the African Christian Encounter: Jeh Chapter 5 RELIGION AND POLITICS: Islam and Politics in Nigeria: Historical Perspectives: Chima J. Korieh; The Politicization of Religion and the Religionization of Politics in Nigeria: Afe Adogame; Economy, Politics and the Theological Enterprise Chapter 6 GENDER AND PASTORAL CARE: Engaging Patriarchy: Pentecostal Gender Ideology and Practices in Nigeria: Adelaide Maame Akua Boadi; African Womanist Self-Fashioning: Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn and Nigeria Muslim North: Hannah Ngozi Eby Chapter 7 NIGERIAN PENTECOSTALISM ABROAD: Encountering History: Christianity and Identity in Nigeria Diaspora Churches: Edith A. Miguda; Half a Century of Touching Lives: Nigerian Charismatic Personalities and African "Ghanaian) Christianity, 1953-2003: Chapter 8 Selected Bibliography Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 Notes on Contributors
