Fighting for God or Fighting in God's Name! THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA

[...] we must take cognisance of our definitional specificity of religion and the ambivalent role of religion in terms both of its inherent functionality and dysfunctionality at the same time. [...] social capital that opens up opportunities for the members of the network, which is often based on ethnicity, religion, language, and profession, can at the same time constitute an enormous barrier to entry for others outside the network.