Perspectives on religious landscape in Africa / edited by Lady Acquah, Toyin Falola.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Acquah, Lady Jane, editor.

Falola, Toyin, editor.

Conference Name:

Africa Conference (Tex.) (2013 : University of Texas at Austin), author.

Series:

Carolina Academic Press African world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion--Congresses.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 433 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book brings together several chapters presented at the thirteenth annual Africa Conference convened by Toyin Falola at the University of Texas at Austin, and coordinated by Lady Jane Acquah and Ryan Groves, in 2013. The chapters here cover a range of research topics on religion and its social, economic, and political interplay within sub-Saharan African societies, especially in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa, and Mali. This text presents a variety of research information on religious influences including political changes, politicization of Islam, migration of people, the spread of religious ideas, education, and terrorism"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781531007317

1531007317

OCLC:

1125274514

Publisher Number:

99984752098