Islam and Christianity in the Horn of Africa : : Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan / / Haggai Erlich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Erlich, Haggai,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)

Can Christianity and Islam coexist? Or are Muslims and Christians destined to delegitimize and even demonize each other? Tracing the modern history of the region where the two religions first met, and where they are engaged now in active confrontation, Haggai Erlich finds legacies of both tolerance and militancy. Erlich's analysis of political, military, and diplomatic developments in the Horn of Africa since the late nineteenth century is combined with an exploration of the ways in which religious formulations of the nearby "other" influenced policymaking and were also reshaped by it. His work demonstrates in a compelling way how initial Islamic and Christian concepts remain directly relevant in the region today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Muslims and Christians in the Horn of Africa: Interactions Across the Centuries -- 2 From Disastrous Confrontation to Pragmatic Friendship: Ethiopia and Sudan, 1884–1898 -- 3 Radicalism, War, and Pragmatism: Ethiopia and the Somalis, 1899–1920 -- 4 Africanism, Arabism, and Marxism: Ethiopia and Sudan, 1930–1991 -- 5 The Return of Political Islam: Ethiopia and Sudan, 1991–2009 -- 6 Nationalism and Conflict: Ethiopia and Somalia, 1943–1991 -- 7 Religion Returns to the Forefront: Ethiopia and Somalia, 1991–2009 -- 8 Religion and Politics in the Horn: Options and Choices -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book