Entangled Domains (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009055048)

Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate. Entangled Domains grapple with this history to offer a provocative account of secularism as a contested yet contingent mode of governing religion and religious difference. Drawing on detailed archival research, Rabiat Akande vividly illustrates constitutional struggles triggered by the colonial state's governance of religion and interrogates the legacy of that governance agenda in the postcolonial state. This book is a novel commentary on the dynamic interplay between law, faith, identity, and power in the context of the modern state's emergence from colonial processes.

Author: Rabiat Akande
ISBN-10: 1009055046
ISBN-13: 9781009055048
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/23/2025
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d