Religion and the Making of Nigeria / Olufemi Vaughan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (332 pages): mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822373872
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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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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.

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