Displacing the state: religion and conflict in neoliberal Africa
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 de...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Notre Dame, Ind.
Univ. of Notre Dame Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Kroc Institute series on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Neo-liberalism
/ Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Africa
Religious life and customs
B Collection of essays B Political conflict B Africa B Religion B Christianity B Internal policy B Teaching B Religion and state (Africa) B Peace-building (Africa) Religious aspects B Peacebuilding B Conflict B Cause B Politics B Social Conflict (Africa) Religious aspects B Conference program B Religious movement |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 299 S., cm |
| ISBN: | 0-268-03095-2 978-0-268-03095-7 |
