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Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace [electronic resource]

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On 7 August 1998 the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam were bombed and 200 people lost their lives. These bombings shattered the image of Africa’s tradition of peaceful religious coexistence. Since then inter-religious dialogue has been high on the agendas of ecclesial and religious organisations, but not so much of faculties of theology and departments of religion in East Africa. This book investigates why this is so. How are interreligious relations dealt with in Africa, and more particularly, how are they and how should they be taught in institutions of higher learning? This book is based on fieldwork in Nairobi from 2001 onwards. It shows why Africa’s tradition of peaceful co-existence is not going to help Africa in the 21st century, and recommends a shift in the education in inter-religious relations: from religions studies to inter-religious studies.

Title Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace [electronic resource] : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa / Frans Wijsen.
Publisher Amsterdam
New York, NY : Rodopi
Creation Date 2007
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Preliminary explorations -- Transformation of religion in Africa -- The study of religion in Africa -- Education in interreligious relations -- Religion, conflict and reconciliation -- Synthesis, extremism and dialogue -- Fully committed and fully open -- Africans in diaspora -- Towards a dialogical and diaconal church -- Renaissance or reconstruction? -- General conclusions -- Bibliography -- Institutions and informants participating in the study -- Survey of the study of interfaith relations in theological institutions in East Africa -- Index of names.
Series Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations
no. 44
Extent 1 online resource (283 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010713722705171
MARC RECORDS
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