TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,Barbara MacGowan
TI  - Evangelical Christians in the Muslim sahel
SN  - 0253347394 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - DDC C66 2006
U1  - 266.0096626 COO 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Missions
KW  - Niger
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Islam
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
N2  - Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa Muslim area on the southern fringe of Niger. Based on sustained fieldwork, personal interviews, and archival research, this vibrant, sensitive, compelling, and candid book gives a unique glimpse into an important dimension of religious life in Africa. Cooper's involvement in a violent religious riot provides a useful backdrop for introducing other themes and concerns such as Bible translation, medical outreach, public preaching, tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking missionaries, and the Christian mission's changing views of Islam. - Publisher
ER  -