Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion : three traditions in comparison and interaction, J.D.Y. Peel, (electronic book ;)

Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion : three traditions in comparison and interaction, J.D.Y. Peel, (electronic book ;)

Creator
Author
Summary
"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 religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all other 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. Moreover, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity; they exported their own orisa-religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Euro-America, tens of thousands had been sold as slaves to the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Along the way, Peel not only offers deep insight into such important contemporary themes 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 but also makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions"--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (312 pages).
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
Isbn
9780520961227
Instance
Label
Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion : three traditions in comparison and interaction
Title
Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion
Title remainder
three traditions in comparison and interaction
Statement of responsibility
J.D.Y. Peel
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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 religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all other 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. Moreover, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity; they exported their own orisa-religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Euro-America, tens of thousands had been sold as slaves to the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Along the way, Peel not only offers deep insight into such important contemporary themes 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 but also makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions"--Provided by publisher
Member of
Cataloging source
MiAaPQ
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1941-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Peel, J. D. Y.
Dewey number
200.9669/2
Index
index present
LC call number
BL2480.Y6
LC item number
P44 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
The anthropology of Christianity
Series volume
18
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Yoruba (African people)
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Orisha religion
  • Orisha religion
Label
Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion : three traditions in comparison and interaction, J.D.Y. Peel, (electronic book ;)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
EBC4068981
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (312 pages).
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780520961227
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Reproduction note
Electronic resource.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Label
Christianity, Islam and Oriṣa-religion : three traditions in comparison and interaction, J.D.Y. Peel, (electronic book ;)
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
EBC4068981
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (312 pages).
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780520961227
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Reproduction note
Electronic resource.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote

Subject

Member of

Library Locations

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.