Displacing the state : religion and conflict in neoliberal Africa / edited by James Howard Smith and Rosalind I.J. Hackett ; foreword by R. Scott Appleby.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, James Howard
Other Authors:	Hackett, Rosalind I. J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011.
Series:	Kroc Institute series on religion, conflict, and peace building.
Subjects:	Peace-building > Africa > Religious aspects. Religion and state > Africa. Social conflict > Africa > Religious aspects. Peace-building > Religious aspects Religion and state Social conflict > Religious aspects Africa > Religious life and customs. Africa
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Table of Contents:

Religious dimensions of conflict and peace in a neoliberal Africa: an introduction / James Howard Smith
Forgiveness with consequences: scriptures, Qene, and traditions of restorative justice in nineteenth-century Ethiopia / Charles Schaefer
Making peace with the devil: the political life of devil worship rumors in Kenya / James Howard Smith
The Mungiki movement: a source of religio-political conflict in Kenya / Grace Nyatugah Wamue-Ngare
Magic as identity maker: conflict and militia formation in eastern Congo / Koen Vlassenroot
Religion, politics, and gender in Zimbabwe: the Masowe apostles and Chimurenga religion / Isabel Mukonyora
"Devil bustin' satellites": how media liberalization in Africa generates religious intolerance and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett
Mediating armageddon: popular Christian video films as a source of conflict in Nigeria / Asonzeh F.-K. Ukah
"The domestic relations bill" and inter-religious conflict in Uganda: a Muslim reading of personal law and religious pluralism in a postcolonial society / Abasi Kiyimba.

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