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9780761831396

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761831396

  • ISBN10:

    0761831398

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-05-03
  • Publisher: UPA
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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

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