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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788599603321

Titolo

Displacing the state [[electronic resource] ] : religion and conflict in neoliberal Africa / / edited by James Howard Smith and Rosalind I. J. Hackett ; foreword by R. Scott Appleby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012

ISBN

0-268-09277-X

Descrizione fisica

xi, 299 p

Collana

Kroc Institute series on religion, conflict, and peace building

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithJames Howard

HackettRosalind I. J

ApplebyR. Scott <1956->

Disciplina

201.72096

Soggetti

Social conflict - Africa - Religious aspects

Religion and state - Africa

Peace-building - Africa - Religious aspects

Africa Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The volume has its remote origins in an international conference held in Jinja, Uganda, from March 31 to April 3, 2004, and sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame"--Foreword.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Religious dimensions of conflict and peace in a neoliberal Africa: an introduction / James Howard Smith -- Forgiveness with consequences: scriptures, Qené, and traditions of restorative justice in nineteenth-century Ethiopia / Charles Schaefer -- Making peace with the devil: the political life of devil worship rumors in Kenya / James Howard Smith -- The Mungiki movement: a source of religio-political conflict in Kenya / Grace Nyatugah Wamue-Ngare -- Magic as identity maker: conflict and militia formation in eastern Congo / Koen Vlassenroot -- Religion, politics, and gender in Zimbabwe: the Masowe apostles and Chimurenga religion / Isabel Mukonyora -- "Devil bustin' satellites": how media liberalization in Africa generates religious intolerance and conflict / Rosalind I. J. Hackett -- Mediating armageddon: popular Christian video films as a source of conflict in Nigeria / Asonzeh F.-K. Ukah -- "The domestic relations bill" and inter-religious conflict in



Uganda: a Muslim reading of personal law and religious pluralism in a postcolonial society / Abasi Kiyimba.