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    Christianity, Islam, and Oriṣa Religion: Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction

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    Author(s)
    Peel, J.D.Y.
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    "The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous oriṣa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own oriṣa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the oriṣa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions."
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32857
    Keywords
    yoruba people; yoruba religion; african history; african studies; Christianity; Ibadan; Islam; Muslims; Pentecostalism
    DOI
    10.1525/luminos.8
    ISBN
    9780520961227
    OCN
    932330172
    Publisher
    University of California Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.ucpress.edu/
    Publication date and place
    Oakland, California, 2016
    Series
    The Anthropology of Christianity,
    Classification
    General and world history
    Comparative religion
    History of religion
    Social and cultural anthropology
    Pages
    310
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Christianity - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity; Ibadan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadan; Islam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam; Muslims - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims; Pentecostalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism; Yoruba people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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