{"product_id":"beyond-religious-tolerance-muslim-christian-traditionalist-encounters-in-an-african-town-paperback","title":"Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian \u0026 Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eInsa Nolte\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOlukoya Ogen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9\/11, religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go \"beyond religious tolerance\". Focusing on the predominantly Muslim Yoruba town of Ede, the authors challenge the assumption that religious difference automatically leads to conflict: in south-west Nigeria, Muslims, Christians and traditionalists have co-existed largely peacefully since the early twentieth century. In some contexts, Ede's citizens emphasise the importance and significance of religious difference, and the need for tolerance. But elsewhere they refer to religious boundaries in passing, or even celebrate and transcend religious divisions.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on detailed ethnographic and historical research, survey work, oral histories and poetry by UK- and Nigeria- based researchers, the book examines how Ede's citizens experience religious difference in their everyday lives. It examines the town's royal history and relationship with the deity Sng, its old Islamic compounds and its Christian institutions, as well as marriage and family life across religious boundaries, to illustrate the multiplicity of religious practices in the life of the town and its citizens and to suggest an alternative approach to religious difference.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Insa Nolte is Reader in African Studies at the University of Birmingham, and Visiting Research Professor at Osun State University, Osogbo. She is President of the African Studies Association of the UK (2016-18) and Principal Investigator of the ERC project \"Knowing Each Other: Everyday Religious Encounters, Social Identities and Tolerance in Southwest Nigeria\". Olukoya Ogen is Provost of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo; Professor of History at Osun State University, Osogbo; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. He is the Nigerian coordinator of the \"Knowing Each Other\" project. Rebecca Jones is Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the \"Knowing Each Other\" project. Her book, \u003cem\u003eA Cultural History of Nigerian Travel Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, will be published by James Currey in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nigeria: Adeyemi College Academic Press (paperback)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354819641593,"sku":"9781847012517","price":46.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/EZzHJooOyG9781847012517.webp?v=1783575066","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beyond-religious-tolerance-muslim-christian-traditionalist-encounters-in-an-african-town-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}