WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorAdeboye, O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T14:26:26Z
dc.date.available2022-11-18T14:26:26Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractDrawing its examples from both Islam and Christianity, this study examines the political relevance of women’s religious associations in Nigeria in the post independence period. The main issue is to find out the contributions of these organizations to both democratic inauguration and consolidation in Nigeria. This research agenda also tries to resolve a seeming paradox presented by the insertion of ‘socially subjugated’ women as political champions, into a religious context permeated by supposedly sacrosanct ideas. The paper adopts the civil society argument, and also distinguishes between direct and indirect engagement of the religious associations with other actors within the Nigerian political arena. In addition, the study seeks to find out if and how these organizations fostered the type of social capital that was useful during the transition to democracy and its present maintenance. By addressing the political relevance of women, this study therefore goes beyond the issue of gender barriers faced by women in the religious, economic and social realms, and portrays them as veritable agents of political change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdeboye, O. A. (2009). Women's Religious Association and Democracy in Nigeria in Julius O. Adekunle (ed.), Religion in Politics: Secularism and National Integration in Modern Nigeria, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 239-262en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11903
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTrenton, NJ: Africa World Pressen_US
dc.subjectAssociationen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjectsen_US
dc.titleWOMEN'S RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIAen_US
dc.title.alternativein Julius O. Adekunle (ed.), Religion in Politics: Secularism and National Integration in Modern Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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