Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town (Religion in Transforming Africa)

Language: English

Published by London : James Currey, 2017

1847011535 / 9781847011534

Series: Book 2 of 13 - Religion in Transforming Africa

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Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9/11, religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go "beyond religious tolerance". Focusing on the predominantly Muslim Yoruba town of Ede, the authors challenge the assumption that religious difference automatically leads to conflict: in south-west Nigeria, Muslims, Christians and traditionalists have co-existed largely peacefully since the early twentieth century. In some contexts, Ede's citizens emphasise the importance and significance of religious difference, and the need for tolerance. But elsewhere they refer to religious boundaries in passing, or even celebrate and transcend religious divisions. Drawing on detailed ethnographic and historical research, survey work, oral histories and poetry by UK- and Nigeria- based researchers, the book examines how Ede's citizens experience religious difference in their everyday lives. It examines the town's royal history and relationship with the deity Sango, its old Islamic compounds and its Christian institutions, as well as marriage and family life across religious boundaries, to illustrate the multiplicity of religious practices in the life of the town and its citizens and to suggest an alternative approach to religious difference.…

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Title
Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town (Religion in Transforming Africa)
Author
Insa Nolte; Olukoya Ogen; Rebecca Jones
Publisher
London : James Currey
Publication year
2017
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Hardcover
Language
English
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1847011535
ISBN 13
9781847011534
Series
Book 2 of 13: Religion in Transforming Africa
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