Women in Yoruba Religions (Paperback)

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people Women in Yoruba Religions examines the profound influence of Yoruba culture in Yoruba religion, Christianity, Islam, and Afro-Diasporic religions such as Santeria and Candomblé, placing gender relations in historical and social contexts. While the coming of Christianity and Islam to Yorubaland has posed significant challenges to Yoruba gender relations by propagating patriarchal gender roles, the resources within Yoruba culture have enabled women to contest the full acceptance of those new norms. Oyeronke Olademo asserts that Yoruba women attain and wield agency in family and society through their economic and religious roles, and Yoruba operate within a system of gender balance, so that neither of the sexes can be subsumed in the other. Olademo utilizes historical and phenomenological methods, incorporating impressive data from interviews and participant-observation, showing how religion is at the core of Yoruba lived experiences and is intricately bound up in all sectors of daily life in Yorubaland and abroad in the diaspora.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Women in Religions
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Oyèrónké Oládém�
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-4798-1399-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > History > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion
LSN:	1-4798-1399-0
Barcode:	9781479813995

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