Christian Origins in Muslim Northern Nigeria, c. 1890-1975 Shankar, Shobana. creator text bibliography Electronic books. ohu Athens, OH Ohio University Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (241 p.) 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. 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 Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 BR1463.N5 276.6908 Shankar, Shobana Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2014 9780821445051 0821445057 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1865073 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=909470 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1865073 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=909470 EBLCP 141122 20200709060301.0 ocn896794724 eng