Книга: Jacob K. Olupona «African Religions»
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Производитель: "OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS" Серия: "A Very Short Introduction" Africa is home to hundreds of ethnic groups, who together speak more than a thousand languages. It is not surprising, then, that Africa`s enormous range of peoples, cultures, and ways of life has engendered a wide diversity of religious practices. This Very Short Introduction offers a wide-ranging look at the myriad indigenous religious traditions on the African continent. Drawing on archeological research, historical evidence, ethnographic studies, and archival materials such as missionary records, Jacob Olupona-one of the world`s leading authorities on African religions-captures a wealth of information in a short compass. The book not only gives the reader a full and vivid sense of African religious belief-exploring myths, gods and local deities, ancestor worship, rites of passage, festivals, divination, and much more-but it also underscores the role these religions play in everyday African life. Indeed, traditional religions inform everything from birthing and death, marriage and family dynamics, to diet, dress and grooming, health care, and even governance. Monarchs, chiefs, and elders play both political and religious roles, imparting secular and spiritual guidance to their subjects, while also being guardians of religious centres such as shrines, temples, and sacred forests. The author also examines the spread of Christianity and Islam throughout Africa, both the moderate sects (which often blend aspects of indigenous faith into their own practice) and the more extreme fundamentalist sects, which the author states have had a dire effect on African life. In fact, radical forms of Christianity and Islam-both of which decry tradition religion as paganism-have driven a near total collapse of indigenous practice. But if traditional religions are engaged in a battle for their lives in Africa, Olupona shows that they are thriving elsewhere in the world-particularly in the Americas and in Europe. About the Series: Oxford`s Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects-from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative-yet always balanced and complete-discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. Издательство: "OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS" (2014)
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Jacob K. Olupona
Jacob K. Olupona is the Professor of African Religious Traditions and Chair of the Committee on African studies at the
Biography
Jacob K. Olupona is a noted scholar of indigenous African religions who came to Harvard after serving as a professor at the
He is currently working on a path breaking study of the religious practices of the estimated one million
He has authored or edited seven other books, including Kingship, Religion and Rituals in a Nigerian Community: A Phenomenological Study of Ondo
Olupona has received prestigious grants from the
Jacob K. Olupona received his BA from the
Works
*"African Immigrant Religions in America" (New York University 2007)
*"Orisa Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yoruba Religious Culture" (University of Wisconsin 2007)
*"Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity" (Routledge, 2004)
*"Experiences of Place (Religions of the World)" (Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions 2003)
*"African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions" (Herder & Herder, 2001)
*"Religious Plurality in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti" (Mouton de Gruyter, 1993)
*"Religion and Peace in Multi-faith Nigeria" (African Books Collective Ltd, 1992)
*"Kingship, Religion and Rituals in a Nigerian Community" (Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1991)
*"African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society" (Paragon House, 1991)
Articles by Jacob K. Olupona
*“Osun across the Waters: A Yoruba goddess in Africa and the Americas.” "African Affairs" 104.416 (2005): 548-550.
*Foreword to "Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere". Ed. Oyeronke Olajubu. State University of New York Press, 2003.
*Review of “Odun Ifa: Ifa Festival” and “Insight and Artistry in African Divination.” "Research in African Literatures" 34.2 (2003): 225-229.
*“Review of ‘Religious Encounter and the Making of Yoruba.’” "The International Journal of African Historical Studies" 36.1 (2003): 182-186.
*“Women’s Rituals, Kingship and Power among the Ondo-Yoruba of Nigeria.” "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences" 810 (1997): 315-336.
*“Report of the Conference ‘Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity.’” "Numen" 44.3 (1997): 323-345.
*“The Study of Yoruba Religious Tradition in Historical Perspective.” "Numen" 40.3 (1993): 240-273.
External links
* [http://www.hds.harvard.edu/faculty/olupona.html Harvard Divinity School faculty biography]
Источник: Jacob K. Olupona
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