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Scriptural politics : the Bible and the Koran as political models in the Middle East and Africa / edited by Niels Kastfelt. - 1st Africa World Press, Inc. ed. - Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, Inc., 2004. - xi, 226 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Niels Kastfelt -- The Bible as a political document in Africa / Paul Gifford -- The Qurʼan as a political model / Ahmad S. Moussalli -- The Bible, the Qurʼan and the African polity : towards a secular state? / Holger Bernt Hansen -- Sharia and Sunna in the Qurʼan and in the writings of Sayyid Qutb / Jørgen Baek Simonsen -- Al-Islām huwa al-ḥāl : the Qurʼan and contemporary Islamic finance / Endre Stiansen -- The Bible, the Qurʼan and the conflict in South Sudan / M.A. Mohamed Salih -- The Qurʼan and the Bible as models for politics : the constrasting experience of Zambia and Egypt / Monte Palmer -- The Bible, the Qurʼan and political competition in Uganda / Michael Twaddle -- Pentecostalism and the politics of prophetic power : religious modernity in Ghana / Rijk van Dijk -- From domination to participation : the politics of religion and ethnicity in Northern Cameroon / Quentin Gausset -- Seek ye first the Christian political kingdom : the Bible as a political model in the Nigerian Middle Belt / Niels Kastfelt.

ISBN: 9781592211067 (pbk.) 1592211062 (pbk.) 9781592211050 (hard) 1592211054 (hard)

LCCN: 2008298121

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA0-W4756

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Qurʼan--Political science.
Qurʼan--Political science.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion and politics.
Religion and politics--Africa.
Religion and politics--Middle East.
Christianity and politics--Biblical teaching.
Sociology, Biblical.

LC Class. No.: BL65.P7 / S37 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.72