Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba

J. D. Y. Peel

Indiana University Press, 2003

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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. This book focuses on the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba.

ISBN-13
9780253215888
ISBN-10
0253215889
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-02-21
Pages
440
Dimensions
233x156x23
Weight
642