Crossing religious boundaries : Islam, Christianity and 'Yoruba religion' in Lagos, Nigeria /

"Welcome to Lagos; here everything is possible' were the words with which my research collaborator Dr Mustapha Bello greeted me when I first arrived in Nigeria's former capital in 2010. That 'everything is possible' in this megacity, I soon discovered when we drove by a thre...

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Author / Creator:	Janson, Marloes, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xviii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The international African library ; 64 International African library ; 64.
Subject:	Religious pluralism -- Nigeria -- Lagos. Religion. Religious pluralism. Lagos (Nigeria) -- Religion. Nigeria -- Lagos.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12632851

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ISBN:	9781108838917 110883891X 9781108969079 1108969070 9781108979160 9781108983013
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Welcome to Lagos; here everything is possible' were the words with which my research collaborator Dr Mustapha Bello greeted me when I first arrived in Nigeria's former capital in 2010. That 'everything is possible' in this megacity, I soon discovered when we drove by a three-storey building that, as Mustapha pointed out to me, hosted a mainline church, a Pentecostal church, and a mosque. Although he described himself as a 'die-hard Muslim', Mustapha did not seem to have any problem with a mosque sharing the same space with a church. Underlining the pragmatism that characterizes Lagosians, he argued that this was an 'economic use of space'. While in this particular building different religious institutions occupied different floors, I also came across movements mixing Islam and Christianity, sometimes in interaction with 'Yoruba religion',1 during the course of my nine-month ethnographic field research in Lagos"--
Other form:	Online version: Janson, Marloes. Crossing religious boundaries Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108979160

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