African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies : essays in honour of Jacob Kehinde Olupona / edited by Afe Adogame, Ezra Chitando and Bolaji Bateye.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa : contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- 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 economy in Nigeria / Olutayo Charles 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 -- Researching African immigrant religions : boundaries, belonging, and access / Abel Ugba -- Áìní obìnrin kò seé dáké lásán, bí a dáké lásán, enu níí yo ni : women's leadership roles in Aládurà churches in Nigeria and the USA / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké 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 -- Partnership and the exercise of power in Nigerian churches / Dorcas Olu Akintunde -- The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman : between economic crisis and religious puritanism / Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina.