Let Us Understand Our Differences: Current Trends in Christian-Muslim Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frederiks, Martha

doi:10.1177/0265378810378562

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“…Only in recent years has this trend been reversed by work that, mostly from a religious studies or theological disciplinary perspective, has addressed the past and contemporary dynamics of Christian-Muslim relations in Africa. In an effort to explore the potential for interfaith dialogue, these studies discuss the political and socioeconomic processes that have generated new tensions between Christians and Muslims and severely restrict the chances of peacebuilding and conflict resolution efforts (e.g., Kukah 2007;Frederiks 2010). Still, as Soares (2006) maintains, these assessments of the possibilities of interfaith dialogue often hinge on the questionable assumption that current tensions between Muslims and Christians are the outcome of a recent degeneration of once amicable and peaceful coexistence between these religious groups.…”

Section: Religious Schooling and The Politics Of Christian-muslim Relmentioning

confidence: 99%

Politics of Religious Schooling: Christian and Muslim Engagements with Education in Africa

Dilger¹,

Schulz²

2013

J Religion Afr

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In recent decades, religiously motivated schools have gained a new social and political presence and significance in many African countries. Although religious networks and organizations—Christian as well as Muslim—have played a central role in providing education in colonial and postcolonial settings, liberalization and privatization measures since the 1980s have opened up new opportunities for religious engagement at all educational levels. The contributions to this issue explore the implications of these recent transformations on Christian and Muslim investments in the educational domain. To do so, they examine these implications in view of reconfigurations of national and regional educational fields under the influence of colonial and postcolonial administrations. Furthermore, they address the multiple, often-contested meanings, practices, and institutional setups that have shaped and been constituted by, the field of ‘religious schooling’ in the context of both neoliberal reform measures and transnational religious renewal trends. Finally, they illustrate the need to adopt an increasingly comparative perspective in the analysis of religious education, and to understand how (internally differentiated) instances of Christian and Muslim education have developed historically in relation to each other.

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Section: Religious Schooling and The Politics Of Christian-muslim Relmentioning

confidence: 99%

Politics of Religious Schooling: Christian and Muslim Engagements with Education in Africa

Dilger¹,

Schulz²

2013

J Religion Afr

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“…Another proposed solution is interfaith dialogue, as argued by King (2016) and Sahrul (2017). Music has even been suggested as a potent means of promoting interfaith harmony and enabling religious communities to create mutual understanding and acceptance (King, 2016); this has proven successful in Sub-Saharan Africa, where Muslims and Christians have been able to accept religious diversity (Frederiks, 2010) and thereby created stability.…”

Section: Muslim-christian Relations: Models In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Display of Religious Symbols in Public Space: The Contestation of Muslim and Christian Identities in Jayapura, Papua

Jubba

Abdullah

Pabbajah³

et al. 2020

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Purpose of the study: This study seeks to show that religious contestation in Jayapura, as apparent through the widespread use of religious symbols in the city, is not only a form of resistance against other faiths but also reflective of historical apprehensiveness. Studies on Muslim-Christian relations tend to deny the historical perspective by giving more attention to economic and political factors. Methodology: As the basis of its analysis, this study uses visual data in the form of photographs. Further data was collected from informants through unstructured interviews. Using a phenomenological approach, data were analyzed to ascertain the meaning of the studied phenomenon. Main Findings: This study shows that religious contestation in Papua, as manifested in public religious symbols, is not only a form of resistance against other faiths but also a continuation of unresolved interfaith tensions. Applications of this study: Knowledge of the interfaith contestation, as manifested through the public display of religious symbols, is of paramount importance in creating a spatial planning policy that accommodates a multiethnic and multireligious society. Novelty/Originality of this study: While previous studies have tended to show the causes of interfaith conflict, often by emphasizing religious differences, this study finds a shared space that offers an opportunity for religious accommodation and the resolution of interfaith tensions.

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“…An example is the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (procmura) that is active in various West and East African countries, initiating peace-building initiatives but also joined responses to hiv and aids. Thus, in addition to the 'concern over the increase in polarisation and polemics' and 'debate on the implementation of Shari'a' , 'joint social action programmes' has been considered the third major trend in Christian-Muslim relations in sub-Saharan Africa (Frederiks 2010), though their impact is difficult to assess. How the relations between Christians and Muslims in Africa will further develop largely depends on global religious dynamics, specifically in Pentecostal Christianity and reformist Islam, as well as on socio-economic and political developments in African contexts.…”

Section: Christian-muslim Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity

Hunt¹

2015

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Let Us Understand Our Differences: Current Trends in Christian-Muslim Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Politics of Religious Schooling: Christian and Muslim Engagements with Education in Africa

Politics of Religious Schooling: Christian and Muslim Engagements with Education in Africa

The Display of Religious Symbols in Public Space: The Contestation of Muslim and Christian Identities in Jayapura, Papua

Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity

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