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Author Tesfai, Yacob

Title Holy warriors, infidels, and peacemakers in Africa / Yacob Tesfai
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Questions to Ponder; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Religion and Racial Differences in the South; 2 Religion and Political Differences in the North; 3 Religion and Violent Conflicts in the West; 4 Religion and Simmering Violence in the East; 5 Polarization of Religious-Political Groups in the Horn of Africa; 6 Violence and Islam's Challenge in Somalia; 7 Initiation into Peace; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Violence -- Africa
Religion and politics -- Africa
Violence -- Religious aspects.
Cultural studies -- Africa.
Religion: general -- Africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
Religion
Religion and politics
Violence
Violence -- Religious aspects
Cultural studies -- Africa.
Religion: general -- Africa.
Society.
SUBJECT Africa -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005642
Subject Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230110120
0230110126
9781349288731
134928873X