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Religion and politics in Nigeria : a study in Middle Belt Christianity / Niels Kastfelt.

Title: Religion and politics in Nigeria : a study in Middle Belt Christianity / Niels Kastfelt.
Author: Kastfelt, Niels
Publication: London ; New York : British Academic Press, 1994.

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Description

xii, 204 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

A study of relations between Christians and Muslims in Africa, especially Nigeria and Tanzania and the effect of religions on many aspects of life and government.

Subject

Genre/Form

Church history
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-200) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chronology -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 The Roots of the Right Wing (starting p. 7) -- Historical origins (starting p. 7) -- The Socio-economic roots of the right (starting p. 27) -- Ethnicity and nationalism (starting p. 35) -- Roots in racism (starting p. 49) -- Roots in fear (starting p. 54) -- 2 Dimensions of the Right Wing (starting p. 62) -- Political parties (starting p. 63) -- Intellectual and cultural organizations (starting p. 78) -- Religious organizations (starting p. 85) -- Civic institutions (starting p. 88) -- Paramilitary organizations (starting p. 91) -- Right-wing elements within the NP and government institutions (starting p. 98) -- English-speaking support for the right wing (starting p. 103) -- Financial support for the right wing (starting p. 107) -- Right-wing alliances (starting p. 109) -- 3 The Electoral Struggle for Control of the Afrikaner Destiny: 1981-92 (starting p. 117) -- 4 The Right Wing in the de Klerk Era: from Schism to Unity (starting p. 156) -- Broedertwis revisited: apartheid or self-determination? (starting p. 158) -- The issue of negotiations (starting p. 164) -- Non-violent resistance to reform (starting p. 170) -- 'People's mobilization': preparing for the 'Third Freedom War' (starting p. 187) -- Conclusion: The Prospects of the Right (starting p. 201) -- Notes (starting p. 212) -- Glossary (starting p. 217) -- Concise Bibliography (starting p. 219) -- Index (starting p. 226)

ISBN

1850437807
1850437882

LCCN

^^^93061258^//r96

OCLC

31454760
SCSB-10173983

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library