Research Catalog

Title

Piety and power : Muslims and Christians in West Africa / Lamin Sanneh.

Author

Sanneh, Lamin O.

Publication

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c1996.

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Details

Description

xv, 207 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"In Piety and Power an African scholar provides a unique perspective on historical patterns of religious interaction in West Africa and their meaning for world Christianity and Islam today. Sanneh's topics range from Muhammad's significance for Christians, to an examination of a nineteenth-century "ecumenical" opening between the two faiths in Freetown, to an overview of the relation between religion and politics that directly challenges many Western assumptions about Africa and Islam." "Other treatments of Christian-Muslim encounter in Africa are often framed in terms of European colonial and missionary history. In contrast Piety and Power places the inter-faith issues firmly in an African social setting. Sanneh explores the impact of Islam, Christianity, and European mission and colonialism in terms of African adaptations and expressions. An autobiographical essay on his own education in an African Qu'ran school gives readers a rare and revealing look at shows the power and influence of Islamic institutions in their African adaptations."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Faith meets faith series

Uniform Title

Faith meets faith.

Alternative Title

Piety & power

Subject

• Islam > Africa, West
• Christianity > Africa, West
• Islam > Relations > Christianity
• Christianity and other religions > Islam

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Interfaith Issues in Muslim Da'wah in Africa: The Potential for Solidarity -- 2. Muhammad's Significance for Christians: Biography, History, and Faith -- 3. Religious Experience: Autonomy and Mutuality -- 4. Christian-Muslim Encounter in Freetown in the Nineteenth Century: Implications for Interfaith Engagement -- 5. Religion and Politics: A Comparative Religious Critique -- 6. "The Crown and the Turban": Public Policy Issues in Christian-Muslim Relations -- Afterword: A Childhood Muslim Education: Barakah, Identity, and the Roots of Change.

ISBN

1570750904 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96043354^

OCLC

• 35559198
• SCSB-11501730

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library