African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies /
edited by Afe Adogame, Ezra Chitando, Bolaji Bateye.
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2013.
- xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Vitality of indigenous religions .
- Vitality of indigenous religions. .
"Essays in honour of Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa : contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. Approaches to peacemaking in Africa : obuntu perspectives from Western Kenya / Lucas Nandih Shamala -- ch. 2. Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere / Danoye Oguntola Laguda -- ch. 3. Faith, spiritualism and materialism : understanding the interfaces of religion and economy in Nigeria / Olutayo Adesina -- ch. 4. Towards a civil religion in Nigeria / Musa Gaiya -- ch. 5. The tradition of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols : a study of its implication for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria / Kehinde Jacob Ayantayo -- ch. 6. The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions / Samson A. Fatokun -- ch. 7. Researching African immigrant religions : boundaries, belonging and access / Abel Ugba -- ch. 8. Áìní obìnrin kò seé dáké lásán, bí a dáké lásán, enu níí yo ni : women's leadership roles in Aládurà churches in Nigeria and the USA / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome and Elisha Renne -- ch. 9. The place of second-generation youth in West Indian pentecostalism in the diaspora -- New York and London / Janice McLean -- ch. 10. Religion and masculinities in Africa : an opportunity for Africanization / Ezra Chitando -- ch. 11. Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions / Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 12. Partnership and the exercise of power in Nigerian churches / Dorcas Akintunde -- ch. 13. The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman : between economic crisis and religious puritanism / Oluwakemi Adesina.
9781409446149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2012021799
Nigeria--Religion.
Africa--Religion.
Religion--Social aspects--Nigeria
BL2470.N5 / A34 2013
200.9669 / AFR
"Essays in honour of Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa : contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. Approaches to peacemaking in Africa : obuntu perspectives from Western Kenya / Lucas Nandih Shamala -- ch. 2. Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere / Danoye Oguntola Laguda -- ch. 3. Faith, spiritualism and materialism : understanding the interfaces of religion and economy in Nigeria / Olutayo Adesina -- ch. 4. Towards a civil religion in Nigeria / Musa Gaiya -- ch. 5. The tradition of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols : a study of its implication for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria / Kehinde Jacob Ayantayo -- ch. 6. The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions / Samson A. Fatokun -- ch. 7. Researching African immigrant religions : boundaries, belonging and access / Abel Ugba -- ch. 8. Áìní obìnrin kò seé dáké lásán, bí a dáké lásán, enu níí yo ni : women's leadership roles in Aládurà churches in Nigeria and the USA / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome and Elisha Renne -- ch. 9. The place of second-generation youth in West Indian pentecostalism in the diaspora -- New York and London / Janice McLean -- ch. 10. Religion and masculinities in Africa : an opportunity for Africanization / Ezra Chitando -- ch. 11. Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions / Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 12. Partnership and the exercise of power in Nigerian churches / Dorcas Akintunde -- ch. 13. The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman : between economic crisis and religious puritanism / Oluwakemi Adesina.
9781409446149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2012021799
Nigeria--Religion.
Africa--Religion.
Religion--Social aspects--Nigeria
BL2470.N5 / A34 2013
200.9669 / AFR