Table of Contents

Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslims, Christians and Traditionalists in a Yoruba Town - Insa Nolte
Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslims, Christians and Traditionalists in a Yoruba Town - Ogen Olukoya
Kingship and Religion: An Introduction to the History of Ede - Siyan Oyeweso
Ambivalence and Transgression in the Practice of Sàngó - Aderemi Suleiman Ajala and Insa Nolte
Sàngó's Thunder: Poetic Challenges to Islam and Christianity - George Olusola Abijade
Compound Life and Religious Control in Ede's Muslim Community - Amusa Saheed Balogun
Challenges and Affirmations of Islamic Practice: The Tablighi Jamaat - Adeyemi Balogun
The Baptist Church in Ede: Christian Struggles over Education and Land - Ogen Olukoya and Amusa Saheed Balogun
Freedom and Control: Islam and Christianity at the Federal Polytechnic - Akin Iwilade and Oladipo Fadayomi
Religious Accommodation in Two Generations of the Adeleke Family - Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani
Marrying Out: Gender and Religious Mediation in Interfaith Marriages - Insa Nolte and Tosin Akinjobe-Babatunde
Everyday Inter-Religious Encounters and Attitudes - Rebecca Jones and Insa Nolte
Outlook: Religious Difference, the Yoruba and Beyond - Insa Nolte and Ogen Olukoya
Appendix 1: Ede Anthem
Appendix 2: Songs of Ede
Appendix 3: Oríkì of the Tìmì of Ede, present and past

About the Author

Rebecca Jones is a Lecturer in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. Rebecca Jones is a Lecturer in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham.

Reviews

The clarity of expression, accompanied by pictorial representations, makes the book appealing and also makes for good reading to both the academic and the nonacademic audience. This work not only showcases the unique historical and cultural realities of Yoruba, it also illustrates the strong bond that exists among the Yoruba beyond the divisive power of religion. It has added to reliable materials for further research in the area of religious diversity in Africa and beyond.
*RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW*

[A]t a moment when many Westerners perceive an inevitable 'clash of civilizations' between Islam and the West/Christendom, Beyond Religious Tolerance offers a valuable alternative where Americans and Europeans would be least likely to look for one. . . . [It reveals] that both tolerance and secularism as typically conceived are products of Western cultural and historical experience, which can be and have been conceived differently-if at all-in other times and places.
*READING RELIGION*

A truly comprehensive and well-balanced overview of religious life in Ede from many different angles . this book is a must not only for scholars interested in Islam, Christianity, and African religion in Yorubaland, but for anybody interested in the governance of religious diversity.
*AFRICA SPECTRUM*

This book, a refreshing and articulate addition to ethnographies of religion in West Africa, captures the resiliency of peaceful coexistence across a multiplicity of religions. It should be of interest to anthropologists, historians, religious scholars, and policy makers alike, giving tangible hope to those who think peaceful existence among religions is intractable.
*AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST*

This book is the product of a remarkably successful project of North-South collaboration between the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and Osun State University in Nigeria. The result is something quite different from a standard edited volume in which the chapters reflect the preoccupations and perspectives of individual authors rather than of the common theme of the book. Instead, the different chapters articulate closely with one another, exploring a single concrete problem from different but complementary angles.
*THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY*