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Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town

Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town

Nolte, Insa
Ogen, Olukoya
Jones, Rebecca

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Series: Religion in Transforming Africa, Book 2

Religion General General Political ScienceSocial Movements

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ISBN10: 1847011535
ISBN13: 9781847011534
Publisher: James Currey
Published: Jan 20 2017
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.

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.

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