Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria Essays in Honor of Ogbu U. Kalu

by Korieh, Chima J.; Nwokeji, Ugo G.; C. Aguwa, : Jude; Kolapo, F.J; Hanciles, Jehu J.; Njoku, Raphael Chijioke; Ogbeidi, Michael M.; Adogame, Afe; Njoku, Chukwudi A.; Yancho, Paul J.; Akua Boadi, Adelaide Maame; Chukwu, Hannah; Kalu, Wilhelmina J.; A.Miguda

• ISBN13: 9780761831396
• ISBN10: 0761831398
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-03
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria is concerned with the problematic nature of religion and politics in Nigerian history. The book provides a lively and straightforward treatment of the relationship among religion, politics, and history in Nigeria, and how it affects public life today.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Obioma Nnaemeka	v
Introduction
Chima J. Korieh and G. Ugo Nwokeji	1	(12)
CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER WITH ISLAM AND INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS
1. Christianity and Nigerian Indigenous Culture
Jude C. Aguwa	13	(16)
2. "Making Favorable Impressions": Bishop Crowther's C.M.S. Niger Mission in Jihadist Nupe Emirate, 1859-1879
F.J. Kolapo	29	(23)
3. Bishop Crowther and Archdeacon Crowther: Inter-Generational Challenge and Opportunity in the African Christian Encounter
Jehu J. Hanciles	52	(23)
4. Missionary Enterprise and Sociocultural Change in Igboland, Southeastern Nigeria: Realities, Myths, and Continuities, 1900-1960
Raphael Chijioke Njoku	75	(22)
5. American Missionaries and Educational Development in Colonial Nigeria
Michael M. Ogbeidi	97	(14)
RELIGION AND POLITICS
6. Islam and Politics in Nigeria: Historical Perspectives
Chima J. Korieh	111	(17)
7. Politicization of Religion and Religionization of Politics in Nigeria
Afe Adogame	128	(12)
8. Economy, Politics, and the Theological Enterprise in Nigeria
Chukwudi A. Njoku	140	(18)
9. Catholic Humanitarian Aid and the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War
Paul J. Yancho	158	(14)
GENDER AND PASTORAL CARE
10. Engaging Patriarchy: Pentecostal Gender Ideology and Practices in Nigeria
Adelaide Maame Akua Boadi	172	(15)
11. African Womanist Self-Fashioning: Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn and Nigeria Muslim North
Hannah Ngozi Eby Chukwu	187	(15)
12. Soul Care in Nigeria: Constructing Pentecostal Models of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Wilhelmina J. Kalu	202	(14)
NIGERIAN PENTECOSTALISM ABROAD
13. Encountering History: Christianity and Identity in Nigerian Diaspora Churches
Edith A. Miguda	216	(14)
14. Half a Century of Touching Lives: Nigerian Charismatic Personalities and African (Ghanaian) Christianity, 1953-2003
J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu	230	(16)
15. Nigerian Pentecostal Missionary Enterprise in Kenya
Philomena Njeri Mwaura	246	(19)
Selected Bibliography	265	(7)
Index	272	(7)
Notes on Contributors	279