Retracted Article
Interrogating the traditional ethics and values of religious fundraising strategies of Ijo Orunmila Adulawo (Southwest Nigeria)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7878852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Omotayo K Charles, Charles K Omotayo (0009-0001-5696-2044, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cultural Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-0350 • E-ISSN: 1753-0369 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17530350.2022.2144411 |
| OpenAlex | W4319831883 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In the last three decades, traditional religious groups in Nigeria have continued to re-emerge and expand, despite their earlier inhibition by increased dominance of Christianity, Islam, and secular-modernist values. One such group is the Ijo Orunmila Adulawo (African Congregation of Orunmila Devotees), established in 1934 as an umbrella organisation for traditional worshippers. The group's growth has been facilitated by its ‘appropriation’ of modes of practice associated with Pentecostal Christianity, although attempts are often made to distance itself from ‘foreign’ ways of worship. This article discusses how the tensions produced by these dynamics have manifested in the group's financing strategies. Based on fieldwork in the Ikenne branch, I examine the innovative fundraising methods adopted since 1992 in the construction of a modern iledi (temple), and then the debates that they sparked among members, some of whom felt that such strategies reflected Christian, rather than traditional Yoruba ethics and values. The article contributes to our understanding of how economic practices are embedded in the broader politics of value negotiated by traditional religious groups like Ijo Orunmila as they seek to establish and maintain the authority and relevance that drives their formidability in contemporary Nigeria
Appropriation · Christianity · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Islam · Political science · Politics · Religious values · Sociology · Theology · Worship · Yoruba · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |