African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies : essays in honour of Jacob Kehinde Olupona / / edited by Afe Adogame, Ezra Chitando, Bolaji Bateye

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.9669
• Soggetto topico: Religion - Social aspects - Nigeria; Religion - Social aspects - Africa; Women and religion - Africa; African diaspora - Religious aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Nigeria Religion; Africa Religion
• Altri autori: AdogameAfeosemime U <1964-> (Afeosemime Unuose) BateyeBolaji ChitandoEzra OluponaJacob K <1951-> (Jacob Kehinde)
• Note generali: "Book two."; "Essays in honour of Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona."; Companion volume to: African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / edited by Afe Adogame, Ezra Chitando, Bolaji Bateye. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012.; First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora, and gendered societies. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African contexts.
• Titolo autorizzato: African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies
• ISBN: 1-4724-0429-7; 1-317-18418-1; 1-317-18417-3; 1-315-56605-2; 1-283-90201-X; 1-4094-4615-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779311803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Vitality of indigenous religions.