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Islam | Africa Working Group Symposium
April 9, 2021 - April 10, 2021
The Shifting Terrain of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Africa.
April 9-10, 2021
Friday: 3:30-5:00 (Baraza)
Saturday: 8:45-2:00
Presented by the Islam in Africa Workgroup – along with the Center for Global Islamic Studies and the Department of Religion – at the University of Florida.
Description
This symposium will examine the intricate dynamics, multifaceted entanglements, and ambivalences in Christian-Muslim encounters in Africa. Internal transformations within Christianity and Islam have been occurring alongside changing patterns of interactions between Christians and Muslims. Focusing on “religious encounters” and putting Christianity and Islam in Africa within the same analytical frame, the symposium will shed light on the complex entanglements, mutual interactions, and influences of Christianity and Islam. The presenters will focus on empirical cases of changing patterns of Christian-Muslim encounters, including conversion, borrowing, adaptation, inclusion, exclusion, cooperation, and competition in various settings in Africa.
Participants:
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto
Hansjorg Dilger, Freie Universitet Berlin
Amalia Dragani, University of Florida/KU Leuven
Musa Ibrahim, University of Florida