Gbola Aderibigbe Carolyn M. Jones Medine Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe
This collection brings together essays that explore the nature and scope of African and African diaspora religions and their relevance in a globalized world. Building on the work of early scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, John Mbiti, and others, the researchers gathered here investigate African Indigenous Religion both in its own context and in its contacts and competitive interactions with other world religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and, Asian-derived religions. The scholarly voices in this volume engage the history of slavery and contemporary forms of transplantation and migration in...
This collection brings together essays that explore the nature and scope of African and African diaspora religions and their relevance in a globalized...
Rotimi William Omotoye Lydia Bosede Akande Gbola Aderibigbe
This book consciously interrogates the varieties of opinions with regards to the socio-political and religious dynamics of Africans in the African continent as well as in the diaspora in the context of globalization. It highlights the significance and the consequences of globalization on these areas with regards to the African world views. Through the multi and interdisciplinary discourse in this volume, the diversity of opinions necessary for grappling with the complexity and plurality of global dynamics on various African ways of life are captured. These should give credence to the...
This book consciously interrogates the varieties of opinions with regards to the socio-political and religious dynamics of Africans in the African con...