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In this ambitious work, David D. Laitin explores the politics of religious change among the Yoruba of Nigeria, then uses his findings to expand leading theories of ethnic and religious politics.
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David D. Laitin is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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In 1976, with a new draft constitution submitted to the people, Nigeria was on the road to democracy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ancestral city identification, different ancestral cities, ancestral city membership, mosque elders, dominant symbolic framework, congruence hypothesis, chief imam, quasi empire, religious subsystem, social systems theory, city framework, cultural subsystem, founding doctrines, social systems perspective, religious differentiation, two world religions, chiefly titles, central mosque, wider social system, hegemonic bloc, practical religion, marginal decisions, social subsystems, religious impact Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yoruba Muslims, Muslim Yorubas, Yoruba Christians, Christian Yorubas, Second Republic, Action Group, Middle Belt, Northern Region, Western Region, University of Ibadan, Alhaji Paiko, Sharia Court of Appeal, Enuwa Mosque, Middle East, Sierra Leone, Yoruba Islam, Constitutional Drafting Committee, Kwara State, Executive Committee, Ife Christians, Islam Observed, Obafemi Awolowo, The Benthamite Tradition, Alaafin of Oyo, Asani Bello New!
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In 1976, with a new draft constitution submitted to the people, Nigeria was on the road to democracy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ancestral city identification, different ancestral cities, ancestral city membership, mosque elders, dominant symbolic framework, congruence hypothesis, chief imam, quasi empire, religious subsystem, social systems theory, city framework, cultural subsystem, founding doctrines, social systems perspective, religious differentiation, two world religions, chiefly titles, central mosque, wider social system, hegemonic bloc, practical religion, marginal decisions, social subsystems, religious impact Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yoruba Muslims, Muslim Yorubas, Yoruba Christians, Christian Yorubas, Second Republic, Action Group, Middle Belt, Northern Region, Western Region, University of Ibadan, Alhaji Paiko, Sharia Court of Appeal, Enuwa Mosque, Middle East, Sierra Leone, Yoruba Islam, Constitutional Drafting Committee, Kwara State, Executive Committee, Ife Christians, Islam Observed, Obafemi Awolowo, The Benthamite Tradition, Alaafin of Oyo, Asani Bello New!
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- The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) by Clifford Geertz on 9 pages
- Custom and Politics in Urban Africa by Abner Cohen on 6 pages
- The History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate by Samuel Johnson on 5 pages
- The Yoruba Today (Changing Culture Series) by Eades on 5 pages
- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Dover Value Editions) by Max Weber on 4 pages
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- African Cultural Values: Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900-1966 (African Studies: History, Politics, Economics and Culture) by Raphael Chijioke Njoku in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Making the Gods in New York: The Yoruba Religion in the African American Community (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Cuthrell Curry on page 21, page 117, and Back Matter
- Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick (African Studies) by Leonardo A. Villalón in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modern Clan Politics: The Power Of "Blood" In Kazakhstan and Beyond by Edward Schatz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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