African Traditions in the Study of Religion, Diaspora and Gendered Societies

Contents: Preface, Ulrich Berner; Introduction: African traditions in the study of religion in Africa: contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora, Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame and Bolaji Bateye; Part I Religion and Society, Religion in Society: Approaches to peacemaking in Africa: Obuntu perspectives from Western Kenya, Lucas Nandih Shamala; Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere, Danoye Oguntola Laguda; Faith, spiritualism and materialism: understanding the interfaces of religion and the economy in Nigeria, Olutayo Adesina; Towards a civil religion in Nigeria, Musa Barnabas Gaiya; The implications of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria, Jacob Kehinde Ayantayo; The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions, Samson Adetunji Fatokun. Part II Diaspora, Youth and Gender Dynamics: Researching African immigrant religions: boundaries, belonging and access, Abel Ugba; AuA--nA- obA--nrin kA^2 see dA!ke lA!sA!n, bA- a dA!ke lA!sA!n, enu nA-A- yo ni: women's leadership roles in AlA!dA-rA churches in Nigeria and the USA, MojA * bA olA * OlA * fA * nke Okome and Elisha P. Renne; The place of second-generation youth in West Indian Pentecostalism in the diaspora - New York and London, Janice McLean; Religion and masculinities in Africa: an opportunity for Africanization, Ezra Chitando; Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions, Bolaji Bateye; The impact of Christian women's organizations on Nigerian society, Dorcas Olu Akintunde; The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman: between economic crisis and religious puritanism, Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina; Index.