• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Christians, Muslims and Traditional Worshippers in Nigeria : Estimating the Relative Proportions from Eleven Nationally Representative Social Surveys
  • Contributor: McKinnon, Andrew [Author]
  • Published: 2021
  • Published in: Review of religious research ; 63(2021), 2, Seite 303-315
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13644-021-00450-5
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  • Keywords: Nigeria > Christentum > Islam > Ethnische Religion > Anhängerschaft
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  • Description: The absence of census data on religious identification in Nigeria since 1963 leaves much uncertainty about the most basic religious composition of the country. It is generally accepted that identification with traditional worship declined over the middle of the twentieth century as identification with Islam and Christianity increased, leaving these the two dominant religious groups in the country. The current relative proportions of Christians and Muslims has often been the subject of conjecture, guesswork and assertion, as have trajectories of growth or decline.
  • Access State: Open Access