Author: Toma Hamidu Ragnjiya
Publisher:
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Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Author: Benjamin Maiangwa
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793628483
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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This book explores the contested notions of territory and belonging in Nigeria, most especially among the Fulani and other ethnic groups in Kaduna. The book argues that these controversies center around Indigenous, nomadic, and autochthonous claims of belonging. The author identifies these differing notions of belonging as a major condition of violent conflicts in Kaduna and across various postcolonial societies. The author’s analysis demonstrates how dynamic ideological impetuses for these conflicts underscore broader issues of citizenship rights, nationhood, and local peacebuilding in Nigeria.

Author: Dennis Ityavyar
Publisher:
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Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Author: Etannibi E. O. Alemika
Publisher:
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Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Category : Ethnic conflict
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Ernest E. Uwazie
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Since 1982, Nigeria has experienced more than ten large scale ethnic or religious riots in its major cities. These violent clashes have wreaked economic, political, and social havoc; caused an enormous number of deaths and injuries; and posed serious obstacles to Nigeria's sociopolitical development as well as retarded efforts at nation-building. The papers collected in this book serve as a critical part of an overall objective to develop and promote mechanisms for the understanding and resolution of ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria. Both academic and community leaders address various aspects of these conflicts, and Uwazie offers several thoughtful options for their successful resolution. Inter-Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria will interest students of African history and current affairs, scholars of anthropology and ethnicity studies, and those involved in international relations and peace studies.

Author: Toure Kazah-Toure
Publisher:
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Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Author: Priscilla Anyango Adoyo
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Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Peacebuilding is at the very heart of the Gospel message and should be prominent in the life of the Church. This research was a qualitative and descriptive study seeking to examine how Christian leaders in Jos and Kaduna use the Bible to inform their responses and reactions to the ethno-religious conflict in order to bring about peace. For the most part, the study utilizes John Paul Lederach's alternative transformational approach to conflict resolution as the basis for the research in understanding the church's role in peacebuilding. This is because John Paul's theory embraces a holistic approach that is more suitable for the context of the study. It is crucial for the church to be on the cutting edge in addressing issues contributing to the various conflicts on the continent in order to maintain her relevance to society and to fulfill her missiological mandate. The data revealed that tribalism, ethnic and religious intolerance, poor leadership, poverty and lack of knowledge and skills on how to engage the peacebuilding process are significant hindrances to the peace process. The Church in Jos and Kaduna needs to realize and understand the need to be more strategic in its planning for training leaders and to put into practice biblically sound and culturally sensitive strategies for peacebuilding. She needs to be more proactive with the future in mind and not reactionary as has been the case on many occasions. The call to living out Christ's mission as a community must also be taken seriously if the church is to be a witness to the world.

Author: Musa Adziba Mambula
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683485971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 151

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This is the book for those who are seeking an understanding of the roots of the religious and political conflict in Northern Nigeria. This book is for those who want to understand the role of ethnic communities in peacemaking. Complementing ethnic commitments, the book also explores the dynamic ways ethnic loyalties can fray the fabric needed for healthy ethnic diversity. The issues of unity within diversity are addressed forthrightly. This book is for those who want to explore the essential nature of Islam as a peace movement. Complementing that quest, the author also explores the essence of the gospel as a movement for reconciliation. This book is for those who seek a realistic understanding of the nature of conflict and its seemingly intractable stranglehold on societies enmeshed in Muslim-Christian discord. This book is for those who are enlivened and challenged by narratives that unlock the central themes of political and spiritual engagement. Horrible accounts of conflict are described. Also included are accounts of earnest quest for peacemaking in times like these. This book is for those who are committed to the quest for a way for political and spiritual resources to enhance peacemaking cooperation. It is a quest for a way for political, economic, and religious themes to flow together in creating healthy civil society wherein both Muslim and Christian will work together in a quest for collegial relations. This book is for those who are earnestly committed to walking the way of Jesus in embracing the suffering love revealed in the open and inviting arms of the Lamb of God on the cross. This book is a revelation of the reconciling love of Jesus, bringing hope within broken hearts.

Author: Karina V. Korostelina
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040105858
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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This book examines the complex role identity and religion play in global peace processes. Based on multiple case studies, this book unveils the complex role identity and religion play in peace processes across the globe. It demonstrates that the success and sustainability of a peace process depends on the systemic application of the BRIDGE model that is introduced here. This model describes five major strategies (Bonding, Reassuring, Involving, Determining Guides, and Equalizing) and numerous tactics for how peace processes and accords can deal with the central issues as well as important common challenges that run through identity-based ethnonational or religious conflicts. This represents the first comprehensive account of how the transition from enemies to neighbors is achieved and how intergroup relations and engagement are transformed in peace processes, impacting power, access to resources, legitimacy, and representation in national identity. The model also discusses what forms of peacebuilding authentically represent the interests, needs, and values of religious constituencies, and what can be learned from how religious constituencies escalate and de-escalate conflict. The book demonstrates why religion must also be included in peace processes and permanent solutions, owing to religion’s capacity to enhance commitment to bonding and peaceful values, such as justice, compassion, nonviolence, stability, care for children, and care for the environment, for the sick, the wounded, the traumatized, and the bereaved. This book will be of much interest to students of peace studies, intra-state conflict, religion studies, and International Relations.