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

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode ;2016 The Regents of the University of California ;ISBN: 9780520961227 ;ISBN: 0520961226 ;ISBN: 0520285859 ;ISBN: 9780520285859 ;EISBN: 9780520961227 ;EISBN: 0520961226 ;DOI: 10.1525/luminos.8 ;OCLC: 932330172 ;OCLC: 960164039

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  • Title:
    Christianity, Islam, and Orisa Religion : Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction
  • Author: Peel, J.D.Y
  • Subjects: Africa ; African history ; african studies ; Anthropology ; Book Industry Communication ; Christianity ; Comparative Religion ; Cultural & Social ; History ; History and Archaeology ; History of religion ; Humanities ; Ibadan ; Islam ; Muslims ; Orisha religion ; Orisha religion - Influence ; Pentecostalism ; Philosophy and Religion ; Regional & national history ; RELIGION ; Religion & beliefs ; Religion and beliefs ; Religion: general ; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography ; Social and cultural anthropology ; Social Science ; Society & social sciences ; Society and Social Sciences ; Sociology & anthropology ; Sociology and anthropology ; thema EDItEUR ; Yoruba (African people) ; yoruba people ; yoruba religion
  • Description: The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous orisa 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 orisa 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 orisa. 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. “A rigorous analysis of the social character of religion in light of historical changes and enduring cultural practices... lucid and probing, a work of real skill and erudition, and a critical standard of scholarship.” -LAMIN SANNEH, Yale Divinity School “[This book] is a revivifying shot in the arm for comparatism and an invitation to think afresh about the relations between Christianity, Islam and orisa religion both within Nigeria and in the wider world.” -KARIN BARBER, University of Birmingham “This great book restores value and merit both to comparative methodology and the historical approach, while uncompromisingly affirming the centrality of religion to all aspects of society.” -TOYIN FALOLA, University of Texas at Austin J.D.Y. PEEL (1941–2015) died shortly before this book went to press. He was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. This is his last major work.
  • Publisher: Oakland, California: University of California Press
  • Creation Date: 2015
  • Format: 312
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780520961227
    ISBN: 0520961226
    ISBN: 0520285859
    ISBN: 9780520285859
    EISBN: 9780520961227
    EISBN: 0520961226
    DOI: 10.1525/luminos.8
    OCLC: 932330172
    OCLC: 960164039
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    DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books
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