The first comprehensive study of the complex and often incendiary role played by religion in contemporary Nigerian democracy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ebenezer Obadare is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas and Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa. He is co-editor of the Journal of Modern African Studies. He is also the author of Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria (2016), editor of The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa (2014), and co-editor of Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century (2014).
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Introduction 1. Pentecostal Republic, Enchanted Democracy 2. 1999 2007: Pentecostalism Ascendant 3. 2007 2010: A Muslim Interlude? 4. 2010 2015: Pentecostalism Re Ascendant 5. Electoral Theologies 6. "Kill them before they kill you": On Violent Pentecostalism 7. Conclusion
