Religion and Global Politics

Olusola Ogunnubi is research fellow at the Centre for Gender and African Studies at the University of the Free State, South Africa and visiting researcher at Carleton University, Ottawa.Sheriff Folarin isprofessor of international relations at Covenant University and visiting scholar of political science at Texas State University.

• ForewordJeffrey HaynesAcknowledgmentsChapter One: Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond Olusola Ogunnubi and Sheriff Folarin Part One: Africa and the WorldChapter Two: Integrating religion as a tool for public diplomacy in the 21st Century AfricaToyin Cotties AdetibaChapter Three: Post-Colonial Relations in Africa and the Emergence of Religion as an Instrument for Inter-State DiplomacyVictor H. Mlambo and Olusola OgunnubiChapter Four: Faith-based Organizations as Soft Power for Social Development in AfricaMichael Ihuoma OGUChapter Five: Forty years and still counting: Shia exportation and the character of the Nigeria-Iran relations, 1979-2019Charles E. Ekpo and Ekwutosi E. Offiong Part Two: Other Countries within AfricaChapter Six: How Many Divisions? Soft Power, Personal Diplomacy, and the Holy See Hendrik W. Ohnesorge Chapter Seven: Religion and soft power in African foreign policy: Morocco’s new religious diplomacy towards NigeriaMathieu Rowsell