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The Challenge for Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria

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Religious Stereotyping and Interreligious Relations

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This chapter discusses religious stereotyping in Northern Nigeria. Religion has played a significant role in the lives of the people of Northern Nigeria since the fifteenth century when Islam made remarkably successful inroads into the region.1 Centuries later, Christian missionaries evangelized equally successfully in Northern Nigeria, particularly among the indigenous followers of the traditional African religion.2

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Lund University, Sweden

    Jesper Svartvik (Krister Stendahl Chair of Theology of Religion) (Krister Stendahl Chair of Theology of Religion)

  2. Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

    Jesper Svartvik (Krister Stendahl Chair of Theology of Religion) (Krister Stendahl Chair of Theology of Religion)

  3. Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden

    Jakob Wirén (doctoral candidate in Systematic Theology) (doctoral candidate in Systematic Theology)

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Umaru, T.B. (2013). The Challenge for Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria. In: Svartvik, J., Wirén, J. (eds) Religious Stereotyping and Interreligious Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137342676_11

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