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Displacing the State : Religion and Conflict in Neoliberal Africa.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: From the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies / Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding SeriesPublisher: Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780268092771
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Displacing the StateDDC classification:
  • 201.72096
LOC classification:
  • BL2400 .D57 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religious Dimensions of Conflict and Peace in Neoliberal Africa -- Part 1: Historical Sources of Religious Conflict and Peace -- Chapter 1: Forgiveness with Consequences -- Chapter 2: Making Peace with the Devil -- Part 2: New Religious Movements, Enduring Social Tensions -- Chapter 3: The Mungiki Movement -- Chapter 4: Magic as Identity Maker -- Chapter 5: Religion, Politics, and Gender in Zimbabwe -- Part 3: New Religious Public Spheres and the Crisis of Regulation -- Chapter 6: "Devil Bustin' Satellites" -- Chapter 7: Mediating Armageddon -- Chapter 8: "The Domestic Relations Bill" and Inter-Religious Conflict -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Displacing the State illustrates the nature of religion's ambivalent power in Africa while suggesting new directions in the study of religion, conflict, and peace studies.
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Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religious Dimensions of Conflict and Peace in Neoliberal Africa -- Part 1: Historical Sources of Religious Conflict and Peace -- Chapter 1: Forgiveness with Consequences -- Chapter 2: Making Peace with the Devil -- Part 2: New Religious Movements, Enduring Social Tensions -- Chapter 3: The Mungiki Movement -- Chapter 4: Magic as Identity Maker -- Chapter 5: Religion, Politics, and Gender in Zimbabwe -- Part 3: New Religious Public Spheres and the Crisis of Regulation -- Chapter 6: "Devil Bustin' Satellites" -- Chapter 7: Mediating Armageddon -- Chapter 8: "The Domestic Relations Bill" and Inter-Religious Conflict -- Contributors -- Index.

Displacing the State illustrates the nature of religion's ambivalent power in Africa while suggesting new directions in the study of religion, conflict, and peace studies.

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