City of 201 Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook City of 201 Gods write by Jacob Olupona. This book was released on 2011-12-13. City of 201 Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa: the Yoruba city of Ile-Ife in southwest Nigeria. The spread of Yoruba traditions in the African diaspora has come to define the cultural identity of millions of black and white people in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and the United States. He describes how the city went from great prominence to near obliteration and then rose again as a contemporary city of gods. Throughout, he corroborates the indispensable linkages between religion, cosmology, migration, and kinship as espoused in the power of royal lineages, hegemonic state structure, gender, and the Yoruba sense of place.
City of 201 Gods
City of 201 Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook City of 201 Gods write by Jacob Olupona. This book was released on 2011-12-13. City of 201 Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a study that challenges familiar Western modes of thought, Jacob K. Olupona focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and in the world: the Yorùbá city of Ilé-Ifè in southwest Nigeria. The spread of Yorùbá traditions in the African diaspora has come to define the cultural identity of millions of black and white people in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and the United States. Seen through the eyes of a native, this first comprehensive study of the spiritual and cultural center of the Yorùbá religion tells how the city went from great prominence to near obliteration and then rose again as a contemporary city of gods. Throughout, Olupona corroborates the indispensable linkages between religion, cosmology, migration, and kinship as espoused in the power of royal lineages, hegemonic state structure, gender, and the Yorùbá sense of place, offering the fullest portrait to date of this sacred African city.
City of 201 Gods
City of 201 Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook City of 201 Gods write by Jacob Olupona. This book was released on 2011-12-13. City of 201 Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Olupona does a masterful job of interweaving historical detail, personal interviews and observations. Here, myth becomes lived reality, and one is forced to take pause and ask what and where indeed are the true powers that enable humans to inhabit the modern city.” —Charles H. Long, author of Significations: Signs, Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion “This book is destined to be the authoritative source on one of the most important religious centers and one of the most fascinating ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a remarkable and engaging piece of research by a first-class scholar who knows his discipline and his native culture.”—Barry Hallen, author of The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Discourse About Values in Yoruba Culture
African Religions
African Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Religions write by Jacob K. Olupona. This book was released on 2014. African Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.
Òrìşà Devotion as World Religion
Òrìşà Devotion as World Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Òrìşà Devotion as World Religion write by Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona. This book was released on 2008. Òrìşà Devotion as World Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
