Politics for God: Religion, Politics and Conflict in Democratic Nigeria.
Nigerians have been observed to be more loyal to religion than the state. This is manifested in the growing trend of religiosity, the phenomenal rise in the number of worship centres and influential clergies in Nigeria today. In this regard, this paper discusses the phenomenon of religious politics...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 4; no. 9; pp. 42 - 67 |
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