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At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam.
Intro -- CONTENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS IN AFRICA --- Benjamin F. Soares -- CHAPTER ONE AFRICAN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN WORLD HISTORY: THE IRRELEVANCE OF THE "CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS" --- John Voll -- CHAPTER TWO FLESH SOAKED IN FAITH: MEAT AS A MARKER OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN ETHIOPIA --- Éloi Ficquet -- CHAPTER THREE MISSIONARY LEGACIES: MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN DURING THE COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL PERIODS --- Heather J. Sharkey -- CHAPTER FOUR A FIFTY-YEAR MUSLIM CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY: RELIGIOUS AMBIGUITIES AND COLONIAL BOUNDARIES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, C. 1906-19631 --- Shobana Shankar -- CHAPTER FIVE THE TIME OF CONVERSION: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS AMONG THE SEREER-SAFÈN OF SENEGAL, 1914-1950S --- James F. Searing -- CHAPTER SIX CHRISTIANITY AS SEEN BY AN AFRICAN MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL: AMADOU HAMPÂTÉ BÂ --- Ralph Austen -- CHAPTER SEVEN FUNDAMENTALISM AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES IN EAST AFRICA: CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM AND MUSLIM DA'WA --- John A. Chesworth -- CHAPTER EIGHT IN MY END IS MY BEGINNING: MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS AT CROSS-PURPOSES IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA --- Patrick J. Ryan S.J. -- CHAPTER NINE AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED BY NIGERIA'S CHRISTIANS: THE 1976-78 SHARIA DEBATE REVISITED --- Philip Ostien -- CHAPTER TEN THE "SHARIA FACTOR" IN NIGERIA'S 2003 ELECTIONS --- Franz Kogelmann -- CHAPTER ELEVEN FROM RESISTANCE TO RECONSTRUCTION: CHALLENGES FACING MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA --- A. Rashied Omar -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.