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

"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 strongly comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three re...

Descrizione completa

Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: Peel, J. D. Y. (John David Yeadon), 1941-2015 (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Soggetti:
Accesso online:Full text available:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
Sommario:
  • 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.