Piety and Power

by Lamin Sanneh

In Piety and Power an African scholar provides a unique perspective on historical patterns of religious interaction in West Africa and their meaning for world Christianity and Islam today. Sanneh's topics range from Muhammad's significance for Christians, to an examination of a nineteenth-century ""ecumenical"" opening between the two faiths in Freetown, to an overview of the relation between religion and politics that directly challenges many Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498220452
• ISBN13: 9781498220453
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"