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Author: Akintunde E. Akinade
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.370kg
ISBN: 9781433104749
ISBN 10: 1433104741
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 28 December 2012
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Format: Hardback
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'Fractured Spectrum: Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Encounters in Nigeria' is an intellectually exciting and engaging book that probes interreligious dialogue among Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. The essays in this book bring new and fascinating perspectives as the researchers reposition interreligious dialogue and tension in the cultural, social, political, gender, and economic atmosphere of Nigeria. These creative and provocative essays offer a new understanding of the Nigerian situation that could establish possibilities for dialogue and peaceful co-existence. Everyone interested in the current dynamics of interreligious dialogue and contestation in Nigeria and Africa must read this book. (Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas) The fractures about which some of the contributors to this book write about are real indeed - always potentially imploding toward another clash of civilizations or an apocalyptic doomsday. However, the commitments both Muslims and Christians show in these pages to nurturing interreligious civility across the Nigerian landscape are palpable and commendable for the global Muslim-Christian encounter. Everyone who is concerned about the present and future of Muslim-Christian relations should read this book. (Amos Yong, J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia) Forceful and nuanced, this book interprets the complexities of the co-existence of Christianity and Islam in contemporary Nigeria. Without being pedantic, the book is a wake-up call to the seriousness of harmonious relationships and mature differentiation of religions, that will not be contaminated by partisan politics. This is an excellent book that takes the Nigerian reality seriously. (Caleb O. Oladipo, Duke K. McCall Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia) Christian-Muslim dialogue is a trendy topic, but only a very few meet the intellectual and historical standards and many fail the ethical criteria. 'Fractured Spectrum', however, is a highly knowledgeable and critical book with insight and rigour which give us hope and provide signposts toward a path of religious peace and harmony [...] Given the awful bloodshed and chaos in Northern Nigeria, this book is a sign of great hope and of high paradigmatic value. I recommend this book as being of singular value for those interested in Christian-Muslim relations and who search for a just, pluralistically participatory, and diversely sustainable present with hope for the future. (Charles Amjad-Ali, The Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Justice and Christian Community and Director of Islamic Studies, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota)
`Fractured Spectrum: Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Encounters in Nigeria' is an intellectually exciting and engaging book that probes interreligious dialogue among Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. The essays in this book bring new and fascinating perspectives as the researchers reposition interreligious dialogue and tension in the cultural, social, political, gender, and economic atmosphere of Nigeria. These creative and provocative essays offer a new understanding of the Nigerian situation that could establish possibilities for dialogue and peaceful co-existence. Everyone interested in the current dynamics of interreligious dialogue and contestation in Nigeria and Africa must read this book. (Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas) The fractures about which some of the contributors to this book write about are real indeed - always potentially imploding toward another clash of civilizations or an apocalyptic doomsday. However, the commitments both Muslims and Christians show in these pages to nurturing interreligious civility across the Nigerian landscape are palpable and commendable for the global Muslim-Christian encounter. Everyone who is concerned about the present and future of Muslim-Christian relations should read this book. (Amos Yong, J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia) Forceful and nuanced, this book interprets the complexities of the co-existence of Christianity and Islam in contemporary Nigeria. Without being pedantic, the book is a wake-up call to the seriousness of harmonious relationships and mature differentiation of religions, that will not be contaminated by partisan politics. This is an excellent book that takes the Nigerian reality seriously. (Caleb O. Oladipo, Duke K. McCall Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia) Christian-Muslim dialogue is a trendy topic, but only a very few meet the intellectual and historical standards and many fail the ethical criteria. 'Fractured Spectrum', however, is a highly knowledgeable and critical book with insight and rigour which give us hope and provide signposts toward a path of religious peace and harmony [...] Given the awful bloodshed and chaos in Northern Nigeria, this book is a sign of great hope and of high paradigmatic value. I recommend this book as being of singular value for those interested in Christian-Muslim relations and who search for a just, pluralistically participatory, and diversely sustainable present with hope for the future. (Charles Amjad-Ali, The Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Justice and Christian Community and Director of Islamic Studies, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota)
`Fractured Spectrum: Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Encounters in Nigeria' is an intellectually exciting and engaging book that probes interreligious dialogue among Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. The essays in this book bring new and fascinating perspectives as the researchers reposition interreligious dialogue and tension in the cultural, social, political, gender, and economic atmosphere of Nigeria. These creative and provocative essays offer a new understanding of the Nigerian situation that could establish possibilities for dialogue and peaceful co-existence. Everyone interested in the current dynamics of interreligious dialogue and contestation in Nigeria and Africa must read this book. (Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas) The fractures about which some of the contributors to this book write about are real indeed - always potentially imploding toward another clash of civilizations or an apocalyptic doomsday. However, the commitments both Muslims and Christians show in these pages to nurturing interreligious civility across the Nigerian landscape are palpable and commendable for the global Muslim-Christian encounter. Everyone who is concerned about the present and future of Muslim-Christian relations should read this book. (Amos Yong, J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia) Forceful and nuanced, this book interprets the complexities of the co-existence of Christianity and Islam in contemporary Nigeria. Without being pedantic, the book is a wake-up call to the seriousness of harmonious relationships and mature differentiation of religions, that will not be contaminated by partisan politics. This is an excellent book that takes the Nigerian reality seriously. (Caleb O. Oladipo, Duke K. McCall Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia) Christian-Muslim dialogue is a trendy topic, but only a very few meet the intellectual and historical standards and many fail the ethical criteria. 'Fractured Spectrum', however, is a highly knowledgeable and critical book with insight and rigour which give us hope and provide signposts toward a path of religious peace and harmony [...] Given the awful bloodshed and chaos in Northern Nigeria, this book is a sign of great hope and of high paradigmatic value. I recommend this book as being of singular value for those interested in Christian-Muslim relations and who search for a just, pluralistically participatory, and diversely sustainable present with hope for the future. (Charles Amjad-Ali, The Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Justice and Christian Community and Director of Islamic Studies, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Author Information
Akintunde E. Akinade is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He received his PhD in ecumenical studies at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He is the editor of A New Day: Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh (Lang, 2010), co-editor (with Dale T. Irvin) of The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama, and co-editor (with David Ogungbile) of Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity. He is presently working on a book on West African religious history. Akinade serves on the Editorial Board of The Muslim World, Religions, The Trinity Journal of Theology, The Living Pulpit, and Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae. He is also the book review editor for The Journal of World Christianity. Within the American Academy of Religion, he serves on the Committee on The Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession.
