RT Book
T1 Sensational piety: practices of mediation in Islamic and Pentecostal movements in Abuja, Nigeria
T2 Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion
A1 Ibrahim, Murtala
LA English
PP London England
PB Bloomsbury Academic
YR 2022
ED First edition
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1811792219
AB "Grounded in anthropological comparison and the concept of materiality, this book offers an in-depth ethnographic study of similarities and differences in various forms of religious practices in a Pentecostal Church (Christ Embassy) and an Islamic group (NASFAT) in the Nigerian capital of Abuja. While many scholars focus on inter-religious contestations and conflicts, this book proposes that another dynamic is unfolding between Christians and Muslims that is characterised by conviviality, interfaith joint action programmes, mutual influences, and even the exchange of religious forms. The comparative approach reveals that, notwithstanding the seemingly opposed worldviews and divergences between Muslims and Christians, they all face similar challenges and apply similar techniques for meeting the challenges posed by the precarious Nigerian urban environment. It is through practices - especially those conducted in (semi-) public settings - that people from different religious persuasions define, encroach on, and feel the weight of each other's presence."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BX8762.A45
SN 9781350282339
SN 9781350282322
K1 Pentecostal Churches : Nigeria
K1 Christianity and other religions : Nigeria : Islam
K1 Senses and sensation : Nigeria : Religious aspects
K1 Religion: general
K1 Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
K1 Abuja (Niger State, Nigeria) : Religious life and customs
DO 10.5040/9781350282339