02940cam a2200517Mu 4500 ocn896794724 OCoLC 20200709060301.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141122s2014 ohu ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO N$T 9780821445051 electronic bk. 0821445057 electronic bk. (OCoLC)896794724 909470 (N$T) BR1463.N5 REL 015000 bisacsh 276.6908 23 N$TA Shankar, Shobana. Who Shall Enter Paradise? [electronic resource] : Christian Origins in Muslim Northern Nigeria, c. 1890-1975. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (241 p.) New African Histories series Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: "A Place to Lay Our Head"; 2: A New "Middle" Class in the Muslim City, 1918-1925; 3: A Christian Feminist Freelance; 4: Christian Medical Missions as Muslim Charity; 5: Joining in the Melee; 6: Security and Secrecy in the Era of Independence, 1950-1975; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Who Shall Enter Paradise? recounts in detail the history of Christian-Muslim engagement in a core area of sub-Saharan Africa's most populous nation, home to roughly equal numbers of Christians and Muslims. It is a region today beset by religious violence, in the course of which history has often been told in overly simplified or highly partisan terms. This book reexamines conversion and religious identification not as fixed phenomena, but as experiences shaped through cross-cultural encounters, experimentation, collaboration, protest, and sympathy. Shobana Shankar relates how Christian missi. Christianity Nigeria, Northern. Missions Nigeria, Northern. Religion and politics Nigeria, Northern. Nigeria, Northern Religion 19th century. Nigeria, Northern Religion 20th century. Nigeria, Northern Ethnic relations. RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Shankar, Shobana Who Shall Enter Paradise? : Christian Origins in Muslim Northern Nigeria, c. 1890-1975 Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2014 New African histories series. http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1865073 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=909470 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1865073 EBSCOhost EBSC 909470 cpp91024 02 N$T 55771 55771