Interreligious encounter in a West African city: a study of multiple religious belonging and identity among the Yorùbá of Ogbómòsó, Nigeria

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Title:	Interreligious encounter in a West African city: a study of multiple religious belonging and identity among the Yorùbá of Ogbómòsó, Nigeria
Author:	Williams, Corey L.
Year:	2015
Pages:	263
Language:	English
Type of thesis:	Ph.D. dissertation (2016-06-25)
City of publisher:	Edinburgh
Publisher:	University of Edinburgh
Geographic terms:	Nigeria West Africa
Subjects:	Yoruba interreligious relations African religions Islam Christianity religion dissertations (form)
External link:	https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/21043
Abstract:	The details of encounters between religious groups in multireligious African contexts and the intricacies of living, belonging, and identifying within such milieux have hardly been explored. In Yorùbáland, the cultural region of the Yorùbá people - and the geographic context of this thesis - the fine grain and vast array of possibilities of interreligious encounter between Christians, Muslims, and adherents of African Indigenous Religions remains largely undocumented in terms of detailed, quality accounts. While most regions of West Africa and even Nigeria exist with a dominant religious tradition, Yorùbáland is a microcosm of the wider region's multireligious composition, with Christianity, Islam, and African Indigenous Religions all playing prominent roles.