ISBN:
978-1-108-83891-7 (hardback)
,
978-1-108-96907-9 (paperback)
,
978-1-108-97916-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
304 Seiten
,
Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß)
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
International African Library 64
Keywords:
Nigeria Religion und Gesellschaft
;
Religionsethnologie
;
Differenzierung
;
Islam
;
Christentum
;
Yoruba
;
Religion, traditionelle
;
Beziehungen, interreligiös
;
Ethnographie
;
Lagos 〈Nigeria〉
;
NASFAT
Abstract:
Religious pluralism, as encountered in multi-faith settings such as Nigeria's biggest city Lagos, challenges much of what we have long taken for granted about religion, including the ready-made binaries of Christianity versus Islam, religion versus secularism, religious monism versus polytheism, and tradition versus modernity. In this book, Marlies Janson offers a rich ethnography of religions, religious pluralism and practice in Lagos, analysing how so-called "religious shoppers" cross religions boundaries, and the co-existence of different religious traditions where practitioners engage with these simultaneously. Prompted to develop a broader conception of religion that shifts from a narrow analysis of religious tradition as mutually exclusive, Hanson instead offers a perspective that focuses on the complex dynamics of their acutal entanglements. Including real-life examples to illustrate religion in Lagos through religious practice and lived experiences, this study takes account of the ambivalence, inconsistency and unpredictability of lived religion, proposing assemblage as an analytical frame for exploring the conceptual and methodological possibilities that may open as a result. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Lyrics: Shuffering and Shmiling / by Fela Kuti -- Introduction: Reforming the study of religious reform -- The religious setting : Muslim-Christian encounters in Nigeria -- Moses is Jesus and Jesus is Muhammad : the Chrislam movement -- Pentecostalizing Islam? : Nasrul-Lahi-il Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) -- Reviving 'Yoruba religion' : the Indigenous Faith of Africa (IFA), Ijo Orunmila Ato -- Beyond religion : the Grail Movement and Eckankar -- Conclusion: Towards a new framework for the study of religious pluralism -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 197-215
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