IMPACT OF CHRISTIANITY ON ORISA WORSHIP IN YORUBALAND: EJIGBOLOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A CASE STUDY

OrisaworshipisanattributeoftheYorubapeople.Thepracticeatteststothefactthat,contrarytotheEurocentricviewsoftheEuropeansthatAfricanswereatheists,AfricanswerenotoriouslyreligiousthroughtheirbelieveinOlodumare(thesupremedeity)andotherdeitieswhowerebelievedtobeintermediariesbetweenGodandman.Theirreligios...

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Auteur principal: Ajayi, Abiodun (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Mayanjuola Publ 2020
Dans: Religions' educator
Année: 2020, Volume: 19, Numéro: 1, Pages: 135-151
Sujets non-standardisés:B Impact
B Christianity
B Change
B Orisa worship
B Adaptation
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Résumé:OrisaworshipisanattributeoftheYorubapeople.Thepracticeatteststothefactthat,contrarytotheEurocentricviewsoftheEuropeansthatAfricanswereatheists,AfricanswerenotoriouslyreligiousthroughtheirbelieveinOlodumare(thesupremedeity)andotherdeitieswhowerebelievedtobeintermediariesbetweenGodandman.TheirreligiositybeforetheadventoftheEuropeansisalsoaconfirmationofadvancementofAfricancivilization.However,sequeltotheencounterwithcolonialismandChristianity,Orisaworship(ATR)hasneverremainedthesame.ThisstudythereforeaimsatexaminingOrisaworshipinYorubalandwithaviewtoascertaininghowitrespondedtochangesoccasionedbyChristianity,thereligiouswingoftheEuropeancolonialism.Thestudyadoptshistoricalapproachwhichdependsonwritten,oralandarchivalsources.OralinterviewswillbeconductedwithpurposivelyselectedkeyinformantssuchaspriestandcustodiansofYorubadeitiesintheareaofthestudy,kings,chiefsandchurchleaderswhoareofconsiderableages.AninvestigationofamatterthatconcernschangeandadaptationintheYorubatraditionalreligionwillnodoubtrevealthingsthatarebasicallyAfricansandthose that are Europeans in the Yoruba Orisa worship system.
ISSN:1115-5035
Contient:Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator