Christianity, Islam and Orisa-religion: three traditions in comparison and interaction
J. D. Y. Peel
Christianity, Islam and Orisa-religion: three traditions in comparison and interaction
Author
J. D. Y. PeelPublisher
University of California PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Christianity, Islam and Orisa-religion: three traditions in comparison and interaction / J. D. Y. PeelPublication Details
برکلی : University of California Press، 2016مPhysical Description
xii, 296 p.; 23 cm.Subject
Yoruba (African people) ReligionChristianity -- Nigeria, Southwest
Islam -- Nigeria, Southwest
Orisha religion -- Nigeria, Southwest
Orisha religion Influence
series
(The anthropology of Christianity؛ 18)Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )pages 532-882( and index.
Contents
History, culture and the comparative method: a West African puzzle -- Two pastors and their histories: Samuel Johnson and C.C. Reindorf -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in pre-colonial Yorubaland -- Modes of religiosity in West Africa -- Post-socialism, post-colonialism, Pentecostalism -- Context, tradition and the anthropology of world religions -- Conversion and community among the Yoruba -- Yoruba ethnogenesis and the trajectory of Islam -- A century of interplay between Christianity and Islam -- Pentecostalism and Salafism in Nigeria: mirror-images? -- The three circles of Yoruba religion