Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba
Autor J. D. Y. Peelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 feb 2003
" T]his is scholarship of the highest quality.... Peel lifts the Yoruba past to a dimension of comparative seriousness that no one else has managed.... The book teems with ideas... about big and compelling matters of very wide interest." T. C. McCaskie
In this magisterial book, J. D. Y. Peel contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive people. Peel s detailed study of the encounter is based on the rich archives of the Anglican Church Missionary Society, which contain the journals written by the African agents of mission, who, as the first generation of literate Yoruba, played a key role in shaping modern Yoruba consciousness. This distinguished book pays special attention to the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780253215888
ISBN-10: 0253215889
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 9 b&w photos, 2 figures, 4 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index
Dimensiuni: 160 x 233 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Pbk.
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0253215889
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 9 b&w photos, 2 figures, 4 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index
Dimensiuni: 160 x 233 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:Pbk.
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States
Cuprins
Acknowledgments1. Narratives of Religion and of Empire2. Yorubaland at War3. Living in an Age of Confusion4. Making Country Fashion5. The Mission and the Powers6. Preaching the Word7. Engaging with Islam8. The Path to Conversion9. Leaf Becomes Soap10. The Making of the Yoruba11. Looking BackNotes; Sources and References; Index
Recenzii
Peel is by training an anthropologist, but one possessed of an acute historical sensibility. Indeed, this magnificent book achieves a degree of analytical verve rare in either discipline. History Today[T]his is scholarship of the highest quality. . . . Peel lifts the Yoruba past to a dimension of comparative seriousness that no one else has managed. . . . The book teems with ideas . . . about big and compelling matters of very wide interest. T. C. McCaskie
Notă biografică
J. D. Y. Peel
Descriere
How the Yoruba encounter with Christianity transformed their culture and identity.