Religious Plurality in Africa

Edited by Marloes Janson, Kai Kresse, Benedikt Pontzen, and Hassan Mwakimako

Explores similarity and difference, rapprochement and detachment, and divergence and competition between practitioners of Christianity, Islam and African religious traditions.

Foreword by Birgit MeyerIntroduction: Relational Perspectives on Islam, Christianity, and African Religious Traditions, by Marloes Janson, Benedikt Pontzen, Kai KressePart I: Multiple Fields: How to Study Religious Entanglement?1 Thinking with Internal Comparison: Mutual Perceptions in Social Dynamics on the Kenyan Coast - Kai Kresse2. Polyontological Mobility: Border-Making and Border-Crossing in African Religions - Devaka Premawardhana3. 'Living Tradition': Histories and Presences of Local Religious Traditions in Asante, Ghana - Benedikt PontzenPart II: Islam, Christianity, and African Religious Traditions in the Public Domain4. Between the Crescent and Cross: Politicized Remains of Local Religious Traditions in the North of Nigeria - Shobana Shankar5. Popular Music, Mijikenda Tradition, and Religious Coexistence in Coastal Kenya - Erik MeinemaPart III: Wellbeing and Healing6. Coming to Terms with Religion/s: Islamic Medicine in Zanzibar - Hanna Nieber7. The Mallam and the Modalities of Coexistence in the Ghanaian Multi-Religious Space - Kodjo SenahAfterword by Ebenezer Obadare