Religion and the Making of Nigeria /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaughan, Olufemi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion and state.
Islam and state.
Church and state.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Regional and national history.
Humanities.
History.
African history.
Islam et État > Nigeria > Histoire.
Église et État > Nigeria > Histoire.
Religion et État > Nigeria.
Political culture > Nigeria > Religious aspects.
Islam and state > Nigeria > History.
Church and state > Nigeria > History.
Religion and state > Nigeria.
Nigeria.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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