The pastor and thebabalawo

The interaction of religions in nineteenth-century Yorubaland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2511173
AutoresJ D Y Peel (autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen60
Número3
Páginas338-369
Fecha de publicación1990-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1160111
OpenAlexW2038232676
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas45
Referencias citadas26

1. The Priority of the EncounterThe system of divination called Ifa is among the most elaborate of African systems of divination and occupies a unique position in what is often called 'Yoruba traditional religion'. That it is inappropriatesimplyto regard it as part of Yoruba traditional religion indicates the nature of our problem. For its saliency in Yoruba religion, as that has been conceived by commentators both Yoruba and non-Yoruba since the early nineteenth century, has precisely been because of its capacity to 'ride' social change, to detach itself from much of what Muslims and Christians call paganism, and to impose itself on the respectful attention of the modern educated

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Blessing · Christianity · Divination · Linguistics · Literature · Paganism · Sociology · Yoruba · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture analysis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Philosophy