This collection analyzes the part played by religion--Christianity, Islam, and traditional beliefs--in Africa's recent civil wars and insurgent conflicts. The contributors focus on four key areas of the continent: the southern Sudan; Rwanda/Burundi/Congo; Zimbabwe/South Africa; and Sierra Leone/Liberia/Guinea. Among the topics discussed are the role of religious institutions in these conflicts, how religion is used to legitimize violence and war, the role of religion in debating and making sense of war and conflict, and the application of religion as a cultural resource in warfare. The inverse--war's impact on religious beliefs and practices--is also explored.

Religion And African Civil Wars

History

Kastfelt, Niels

World

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This is a study of African Christians and European missionaries in the period of rapid political change leading to independence in Nigeria. It was a time of intense political rivalry between religious and ethnic groups and of minority communities.

Religion and Politics in Nigeria: A Study in Middle Belt Christianity

I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd

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Religion And African Civil Wars

Religion and Politics in Nigeria: A Study in Middle Belt Christianity