Religion and the making of Nigeria
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Religion and the making of Nigeria
（Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people / series editors, Jacob K. Olupona, Dianne M. Stewart, Terrence L. Johnson）
Duke University Press, 2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-293) and index
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In Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria's social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today's northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Islam and Christianity in the Making of Modern Nigeria 13
2. Islam and Colonial Rule in Northern Nigeria 39
3. Christianity and the Transformation of Colonial Southern and Northern Nigeria 69
4. The Politics of Religion in Northern Nigeria during Decolonization 89
5. Religion and the Postcolonial State 112
6. Religious Revival and the State: The Rise of Pentacostalism 139
7. Expanded Sharia: The Northern Ummah and the Fourth Republic 158
8. Expanded Sharia: Resistance, Violence, and Reconciliation 181
9. Sharia Politics, Obasanjo's PNP Federal Government, and the 1999 Constitution 199
Conclusion 223
Bibliography 273
Index 295
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