Rosalind I. J. Hackett, in A Festschrift in Honor of E. Thomas Lawson, Timothy Light and Brian Wilson, eds. (The Hague: E. J. Brill, 2003). in Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture, Jolyon Mitchell and Sophia Marriage, eds., (Edinburgh: T & T Clark).

In these publications, Hackett addresses some of the causes and manifestations of recent religious violence in Nigeria. She focuses on specific movements (sectarian Muslim, Pentecostal) as well as on the role of the media in shaping attitudes of tolerance and intolerance. The chapters also consider the range of interpretive stances – whether from academics, government officials or the media – on religious conflict and violence, and their influence on actions and outcomes.

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