Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Coertzen, Pieter
2. Green, M. Christian (Martha Christian), 1968-
3. Hansen, Len
4. African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies.

Description

1. xii, 471 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Series statement

1. Law and Religion in Africa.

Uniform title

1. Law and religion in Africa

Subject

1. Freedom of religion > Africa
2. Religious pluralism > Africa
3. Religion and state > Africa
4. Religious discrimination > Law and legislation > Africa
5. Africa
6. religion
7. freedom of religion
8. religious policy
9. Religious pluralism
10. Religion and state
11. Freedom of religion
12. Religious discrimination > Law and legislation

Contents

1. I. Religious freedom, constitutionalism and the State. 1 Magna Carta's effect upon religious liberty in Africa and around the globe (Mark Hill); 2 Freedom of religion as a distinct human right (Hans-lngvar Roth); 3 State and religion under the 1977 Constitution in Benin (Jean-Baptiste Sourou); 4 The operational complexities of the "free exercise" and "adoption of religion" clauses in the Nigerian Constitution (Is-haq O. Oloyede, Wahab O. Egbewole & Hussain T. Oloyede). II. Religious freedom, religious pluralism and human rights in context and practice. 5 The paradox of freedom of religion in post-revolutionary Egypt (Mohamed Abdelaal); 6 South Africa's ulama and the Darul Ulums: sharia agents between society and the State (Muhammed Haron); 7 Maintaining a delicate balance between religious freedom and duty to combat religion-based child marriages in Zimbabwe (Tarisai Mutangi); 8 Globalisation and religious pluralism in Africa: the challenges to religious freedom (Godfrey Msiska). III. Religious politics and religious pluralism in Africa. 9 Religion, leadership and struggle for power in Nigeria -- A case study of the 2003 presidential election in Nigeria (Danoye Oguntola-Laguda); 10 Nigeria's religion-state relation and its legal implications for freedom of religion (Ahmed Salisu Garba); 11 Between willingness and unwillingness: Christians as litigants and accused persons in Islamic courts in northern Nigeria (Abdulmumini Adebayo Oba); 12 The effect of religious pluralism on the 2015 elections in Nigeria (Abubakar lmam Ali-Agan & Oyeronke Olademo). IV. Prophets, prophecy, ecotheology and the state in Africa. 13 Prophecy, miracle and tragedy: the afterlife of T.B. Joshua's ministry and the Nigerian state (Asonzeh Ukah); 14 Prophets, power, authority and the Kenyan state: Prophet David Owuor of the National Repentance and Holiness Ministry (Damaris Seleina Parsitau); 15 Law, religion and ecological issues: a theological approach (Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe). V. Education, virtues, values and the law. 16 Religious observances in South African public schools (Pieter Coertzen); 17 Pluralism, lifeworlds, civic virtues and civil charters (Ian T. Benson); 18 Homosexuality and the churches: controversies and challenges (Helena van Coller); 19 Transcending the private-public school divide in the context of the right to freedom of religion in South Africa (Shaun de Freitas). VI. African customary law and the state. 20 Avenging spirits and the vitality of African traditional law, customs and religion in contemporary Zimbabwe (Fortune Sibanda); 21 Democratic constitutionalism and ethnic organisations on tribalism, regionalism and nepotism in Malawi (Willy Samuel Zeze); 22 South African customary law of succession in jeopardy (Nokuzola Mndende). VII. Secularism and religious freedom in Africa. 23 Law, religion, and pluralism in Ethiopia: the evolution of a complex interaction (Gidey Seyoum Halibo); 24 Contested secularism in Ethiopia: the freedom to public manifestation of faith (Mohammed Dejen Assen); 25 Religion-state identification and religious freedom in Ethiopia (Abadir M. Ibrahim).

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Published by SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch under the Conference-RAP imprint.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.