Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria Essays in Honor of Ogbu U. Kalu
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Biografisk notat
Chima J. Korieh is Assistant Professor of African History at Rowan University, and holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto. G. Ugo Nwokeji is Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora History at the University of California-Berkeley, and holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto.A 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.' <b>Summing Up: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</b> General readers as well as academic audiences, lower-division undergraduate through faculty.
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Chapter 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