Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular IdeologiesUniversity Rochester Press, 1998 - 386 pàgines A comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution. Violence in Nigeria is the most comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution. After an analysis of the links between religionand politics, the book elaborates on all the major cases of violence in the 1980s and 90s, including the Maitatsine, Kano, Bauchi, Kaduna, and Katsina riots. Zones of religious tensions are identified, as well as general characteristics of violence in Nigeria; and issues in inter and intra-religious relations, relious organizations, and the states, and the main actors in the conflicts are explored in great detail. A product of extensive primary research, Violence in Nigeria makes a contribution to contemporary social and political history that no previous study has attempted, and it is written to appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike. |
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
Islam Christianity and Interreligious Relations | 24 |
Religious Leadership and Agencies of Mobilization | 103 |
Islam against Islam | 227 |
Strategies and Options | 267 |
TABLES | 306 |
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