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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Notes on Contributors; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 -- The Historical, Political and Phenomenological Importance of Ori-Oke (Hills and Mountains) in South-Western Nigeria; Abstract; Introduction; The Importance of Mountains in the history of Christianity in Yorubaland; Ori-Oke Experience in the Aladura Churches; Mountain/Hills in African traditional religion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 -- Society, Religion and Social Change in the Context of Ori-Oke Prayer Culture: A Sociological Perspective; Abstract; Introduction; What is Religion? |
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Religion and Social Change: Evidence from SociologyReligion and Social Change: Evidence from History; Ori-Oke Prayer Culture: Its Development and Structures; Ori-Oke Prayer Culture: Impacts on the Host Communities; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 -- An Assessment of Muslims' Involvement in Ori -Oke Prayers in Nigeria; Abstract; Introduction; Mountains across culture and religions; Mountains in the record of Islam; Historic and Miraculous Mountains in Islam; Prayer and its conditions in Islam; Innovative Prayer Strategies of Muslims |
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Factors which influenced Muslims involvement in Mountain PrayersOri-Oke prayers within the context of Shari'ah; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 -- Materialism or Paradise: A Psycho-Spiritual Inquiry of why people go to Prayer Mountains in South-West, Nigeria.; Abstract; Introduction; Conceptual Clarification; Prayer; The Concept of Prayer Mountain; The Psycho-Spiritual Concept; Literature Review; Methodology; Results; Respondents' Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics; Hypothesis 1; Decision Rule; Hypothesis 2; Discussion of Findings; Conclusion and Recommendations; References |
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Chapter 5 -- Ori-Oke and Gender Patronage in Nigeria: A Socio-Political AnalysisAbstract; Introduction; Conceptual Clarification; Theoretical Framework; Rational Choice Theory; Socio-Political Analysis of Ori Oke and Gender Patronage; Typology of Gender Patronage of Ori-Oke; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 -- Ori Oke and National Development in Nigeria: A Geo-Political Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; Conceptualising Ori-Oke; Theoretical Framework; Geopolitical Analysis of Ori-Oke and National Development Enhancement; Classification of Ori-Oke (Prayer Mountain) into Socio-Political Usage |
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Typology of Ori-Oke Patronage and Religiosity of Users (Prayer Mountain)Conclusion and Recommendation; References; Chapter 7 -- Religion and HIV/AIDS Campaigns: The Perceptions of Mountain Prayer Warriors in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.; Abstract; Introduction; HIV/AIDS in Nigeria; Religions in Nigeria; Methods; Findings; Knowledge of STIs and Relevance of the Prayer Mountain; Religious Leaders' Attitude; Challenges of disseminating sex education information in church; Usage of Biblical Quotations; Involvement of other stakeholders; Discussion; Recommendations; References |
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Chapter 8 -- Redefining Ori-Oke (Mountain Top) and the Emerging Economic Dynamics amongst Nigerian Pentecostal Churches |
| Summary |
The dynamic nature of Christianity has necessitated its movement from the cathedral to the mountain top. This has occasioned a proliferation of Prayer Mountains throughout Africa. In Yorubaland of southwestern Nigeria, Prayer Mountain is known as Ori-Oke. Like many communities in Africa, the Yoruba are confronted with fundamental challenges in life for which people do not rest until they find solutions. Within the praxis of Nigerian Christian lexicon Ori-Oke is synonymous with the enactment of a sacred space on a mountain top characterised by various prayer regimes, rituals, exorcism and religious practices, aimed at eliciting the help of the divine to alleviate the existential challenges of devotees. This book explores the resacralisation of space on the mountains, highlighting how humans and the divine interact in Yorubaland. It brings into conversation 35 empirically rich scholarly essays on the role of Ori-Oke to those seeking divine intervention in their lives. Today, Ori-Oke have become centres of pilgrimage as a result of the lived experiences of devotees, creating unique religious value quite distinct from the aesthetic value of these mountain tops. The spirituality of Ori-Oke is anchored on the absolute belief in God and the infusion of traditional African worldview sensibilities in religious rites and worship. Ori-Oke spirituality employs resources of Christian tradition, introduced by the formal agents of Christianity, synthesised with traditional culture, to develop a life based on the precepts of an African Christianity. The book is an intellectual discourse on Ori-Oke spirituality, reflecting its contemporary relevance in a context of religious innovation and competition |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 18, 2018) |
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Spirituality -- Social aspects -- Nigeria, Southwest
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Mountains -- Nigeria, Southwest -- Religious aspects
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Sacred space -- Nigeria, Southwest
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Christianity -- Nigeria, Southwest
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Yoruba (African people) -- Religion.
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African history.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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Christianity
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Mountains -- Religious aspects
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Sacred space
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Spirituality -- Social aspects
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Yoruba (African people) -- Religion
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Southwest Nigeria
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Soédé, Nathanaël Yaovi, editor
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| ISBN |
9789956550289 |
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9956550280 |
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