Religion and Politics in Africa

by Haynes Publishing and Jeff Haynes

Book Overview

The significant and varied ways in which religion impacts on the politics of modern Africa is a relatively neglected field. This book assembles and analyses an enormous amount of hitherto scattered material on the interaction between politics and religious groups in the post-independence era. Jeffrey Haynes focuses on the three main religious traditions - Christian, Islamic and the variety of 'syncretistic' movements. His thematic and comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185649392X
• ISBN13: 9781856493925
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.