Women In Yoruba Religions
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Women In Yoruba Religions
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Author : Oyèrónké Oládém?
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2022-07-19
Women In Yoruba Religions written by Oyèrónké Oládém? and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Religion categories.
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people Women in Yoruba Religions examines the profound influence of Yoruba culture in Yoruba religion, Christianity, Islam, and Afro-Diasporic religions such as Santeria and Candomblé, placing gender relations in historical and social contexts. While the coming of Christianity and Islam to Yorubaland has posed significant challenges to Yoruba gender relations by propagating patriarchal gender roles, the resources within Yoruba culture have enabled women to contest the full acceptance of those new norms. Oyeronke Olademo asserts that Yoruba women attain and wield agency in family and society through their economic and religious roles, and Yoruba operate within a system of gender balance, so that neither of the sexes can be subsumed in the other. Olademo utilizes historical and phenomenological methods, incorporating impressive data from interviews and participant-observation, showing how religion is at the core of Yoruba lived experiences and is intricately bound up in all sectors of daily life in Yorubaland and abroad in the diaspora.
Women In The Yoruba Religious Sphere
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Author : Oyeronke Olajubu
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Women In The Yoruba Religious Sphere written by Oyeronke Olajubu and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Religion categories.
An exploration of gender and power relations in Yoruba religion—both Christianity and Yoruba traditional religion. Drawing on a wide range of oral and written sources, this book shows that women occupy a central place in the religious worldview and life of the Yoruba people and shows how men and women engage in mutually beneficial roles in the Yoruba religious sphere. It explores how gender issues play out in two Yoruba religious traditions—indigenous religion and Christianity in Southwestern Nigeria. Rather than shy away from illuminating the tensions between the prominent roles of Yoruba women in religion and their perceived marginalization, author Oyeronke Olajubu underscores how Yoruba women have challenged marginalization in ways unprecedented in other world religions. Oyeronke Olajubu is Senior Lecturer of Comparative Religion at the University of Ilorin.
Women In Yoruba Religions
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Author : Oyeronke Olademo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Women In Yoruba Religions written by Oyeronke Olademo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Women and religion categories.
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women's religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people Women in Yoruba Religions examines the profound influence of Yoruba culture in Yoruba religion, Christianity, Islam, and Afro-Diasporic religions such as Santeria and Candomblé, placing gender relations in historical and social contexts. While the coming of Christianity and Islam to Yorubaland has posed significant challenges to Yoruba gender relations by propagating patriarchal gender roles, the resources within Yoruba culture have enabled women to contest the full acceptance of those new norms. Oyeronke Olademo asserts that Yoruba women attain and wield agency in family and society through their economic and religious roles, and Yoruba operate within a system of gender balance, so that neither of the sexes can be subsumed in the other. Olademo utilizes historical and phenomenological methods, incorporating impressive data from interviews and participant-observation, showing how religion is at the core of Yoruba lived experiences and is intricately bound up in all sectors of daily life in Yorubaland and abroad in the diaspora.
Understanding Yoruba Life And Culture
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Author : Nike Lawal
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 2004
Understanding Yoruba Life And Culture written by Nike Lawal and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy, Yoruba categories.
With a population of about thirty million, the Yoruba people constitute one of the largest single ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. They are internationally acclaimed for their high art, complex system of government, religion, and philosophy. This multi-authored book written by distinguished scholars like Ayo Bamgbose, Toyin Falola, Stephen Akintoye, Omofolabo Soyinka-Ajayi, Emmanuel Babatunde, H.O. Danmole, Akinbiyi Akinlabi, and Agbo Folarin, is the first of its kind to cover all the important topics and issues in Yoruba culture. Who were the Yoruba? Where did they come from? What is Yoruba society like? What is the role of women in the society? What is the nature of their art forms? What is Yoruba philosophy? These questions and many more are answered in this significant book. (Back cover).
G L D
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Author : Henry John Drewal
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1983
G L D written by Henry John Drewal and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Social Science categories.
..". an exceptionally rich source for all those interested in symbolic, religious or social studies." -- Tribus ..". an excellent book... fascinating to read." -- Research in African Literatures ..". a volume that establishes the standards by which future works on the masked festivals of the Yoruba and other Sub-Saharan African peoples will be judged." -- African Arts ..". the most sophisticated art historical analysis of a single African aesthetic tradition." -- Tribal Arts Review
Osun Across The Waters
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Author : Joseph M. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2001-10-09
Osun Across The Waters written by Joseph M. Murphy and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-09 with Religion categories.
Ã’sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa's Ogun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. Ã’sun across the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting Ã’sun religion. Ã’sun presents a dynamic example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. The 17 contributors to Ã’sun across the Waters delineate the special dimensions of Ã’sun religion as it appears through multiple disciplines in multiple cultural contexts. Tracing the extent of Ã’sun traditions takes us across the waters and back again. Ã’sun traditions continue to grow and change as they flow and return from their sources in Africa and the Americas.
The Good Things In Life
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Author : Roland Hallgren
language : en
Publisher: Plus Ultra Publishing Company
Release Date : 1988
The Good Things In Life written by Roland Hallgren and has been published by Plus Ultra Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Nigeria categories.
R Devotion As World Religion
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Author : Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2008
R Devotion As World Religion written by Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
As the twenty-first century begins, tens of millions of people participate in devotions to the spirits called Òrìsà. This book explores the emergence of Òrìsà devotion as a world religion, one of the most remarkable and compelling developments in the history of the human religious quest. Originating among the Yorùbá people of West Africa, the varied traditions that comprise Òrìsà devotion are today found in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia. The African spirit proved remarkably resilient in the face of the transatlantic slave trade, inspiring the perseverance of African religion wherever its adherents settled in the New World. Among the most significant manifestations of this spirit, Yorùbá religious culture persisted, adapted, and even flourished in the Americas, especially in Brazil and Cuba, where it thrives as Candomblé and Lukumi/Santería, respectively. After the end of slavery in the Americas, the free migrations of Latin American and African practitioners has further spread the religion to places like New York City and Miami. Thousands of African Americans have turned to the religion of their ancestors, as have many other spiritual seekers who are not themselves of African descent. Ifá divination in Nigeria, Candomblé funerary chants in Brazil, the role of music in Yorùbá revivalism in the United States, gender and representational authority in Yorùbá religious culture--these are among the many subjects discussed here by experts from around the world. Approaching Òrìsà devotion from diverse vantage points, their collective effort makes this one of the most authoritative texts on Yorùbá religion and a groundbreaking book that heralds this rich, complex, and variegated tradition as one of the world's great religions.
Sex And The Empire That Is No More
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Author : J. Lorand Matory
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2005-05
Sex And The Empire That Is No More written by J. Lorand Matory and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05 with Religion categories.
This historical anthropology narrates how the traditions of Sango and Ogun are carried into and participate in the post-independence political and economical developments, and how they relate to contemporary Islamic and Christian religious streams.
Women And Religion In The African Diaspora
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Author : R. Marie Griffith
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-09-22
Women And Religion In The African Diaspora written by R. Marie Griffith and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-22 with Religion categories.
This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women, religion, and diaspora intersect, mapping fresh approaches to this emergent field of inquiry. The volume focuses on issues of history, tradition, and the authenticity of African-derived spiritual practices in a variety of contexts, including those where memories of suffering remain fresh and powerful. The contributors discuss matters of power and leadership and of religious expressions outside of institutional settings. The essays study women of Christian denominations, African and Afro-Caribbean traditions, and Islam, addressing their roles as spiritual leaders, artists and musicians, preachers, and participants in bible-study groups. This volume's transnational mixture, along with its use of creative analytical approaches, challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women, religions, and diasporic shiftings across time and space.