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The Shifting Terrain of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Africa
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The Islam in Africa Workgroup at the Center for African Studies – along with the Center for Global Islamic Studies and the Department of Religion – at the University of Florida present:
A Symposium on
The Shifting Terrain of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Africa
April 9-10, 2021 | Online at University of Florida
Friday: 3:30-5:00 (Baraza)
Saturday: 8:45-2:00
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