Christian-Muslim relations in Sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative analysis of Ghana and Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorObeng-Mireku, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBibby, Reginald
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-13T21:00:49Z
dc.date.available2017-07-13T21:00:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractContrary to the claims of secularization proponents, religion’s influence remains pervasive today. However, it is frequently associated with conflict around the world, with that conflict often involving Christians and Muslims. Hence, there is reason to ask if religion itself is actually the cause of such conflict. Building on the thinking of Kazemipur (2014), Putnam and Campbell (2012), and Huntington (1993), this research investigates the role of structural factors in understanding the relatively peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims in Ghana versus conflict in Nigeria. An examination of national survey data and interviews with Christians and Muslims from both countries underlines the importance of social, economic institutional, and media factors in accounting for the dominant kind of relations that characterize Christian-Muslims relations in the two settings. The findings have potentially important implications for religious harmony and conflict well beyond only Ghana and Nigeria.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4866
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0626en_US
dc.proquest.subject0700en_US
dc.proquest.subject0318en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Arts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectChristian-Muslim relationshipen_US
dc.subjectco-existenceen_US
dc.subjectreligious conflicten_US
dc.subjectreligious fanaticismen_US
dc.subjectreligious harmonyen_US
dc.subjectstructural factorsen_US
dc.titleChristian-Muslim relations in Sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative analysis of Ghana and Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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