Christianity, Colonial Legitimacy and the Rise of Nationalist Politics in Northern Nigeria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20053380
AutoresNiels Kastfelt (State University of New York, autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Páginas191-209
Fecha de publicación1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaLegitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-349-12342-1_7
OpenAlexW2502461585
ISBN9781349123421
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

Since the major reorientation of African historical research and the emergence of the ‘nationalist’ school of history in the 1950s and 1960s, the question of the role of Christianity in the legitimation of European colonialism in Africa has caused much controversy. A major debate has been going on about the political implications of the Christian missionary presence, on the political nature of African Christianity and its relations to the colonial state

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