Is Giriama traditionalism a religion?: negotiating indigenous African religiosity in 'interfaith' cooperation in Coastal Kenya
Abstract This article explores how Giriama elders represent their ‘traditional religion’ (dini ya jadi) through ‘interfaith’ cooperation with Christians and Muslims in the coastal Kenyan town of Malindi. Based on extensive ethnographic research, the article analyses how Giriama Traditionalism relate...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 344-372 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kenya
/ Malindi
/ Giriama
/ Traditional culture
/ Religion
/ Christianity
/ Interfaith dialogue
/ Islam
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BB Indigenous religions BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Religious Coexistence B Coastal Kenya B Christianity B Indigenous African Religious Traditions B Interfaith |
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