Ori-Oke Spirituality and Social Change in Africa: Contemporary PerspectivesYaovi, Soede Nathanael, Nwosu, Patrick U. The dynamic nature of Christianity has necessitated its movement from the cathedral to the mountain top. This has occasioned a proliferation of Prayer Mountains throughout Africa. In Yorubaland of southwestern Nigeria, Prayer Mountain is known as Ori-Oke. Like many communities in Africa, the Yoruba are confronted with fundamental challenges in life for which people do not rest until they find solutions. Within the praxis of Nigerian Christian lexicon Ori-Oke is synonymous with the enactment of a sacred space on a mountain top characterised by various prayer regimes, rituals, exorcism and religious practices, aimed at eliciting the help of the divine to alleviate the existential challenges of devotees. This book explores the resacralisation of space on the mountains, highlighting how humans and the divine interact in Yorubaland. It brings into conversation 35 empirically rich scholarly essays on the role of Ori-Oke to those seeking divine intervention in their lives. Today, Ori-Oke have become centres of pilgrimage as a result of the lived experiences of devotees, creating unique religious value quite distinct from the aesthetic value of these mountain tops. The spirituality of Ori-Oke is anchored on the absolute belief in God and the infusion of traditional African worldview sensibilities in religious rites and worship. Ori-Oke spirituality employs resources of Christian tradition, introduced by the formal agents of Christianity, synthesised with traditional culture, to develop a life based on the precepts of an African Christianity. The book is an intellectual discourse on Ori-Oke spirituality, reflecting its contemporary relevance in a context of religious innovation and competition. |
Contents
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A SocioPolitical Analysis | 61 |
A GeoPolitical Analysis | 75 |
The Perceptions of Mountain Prayer Warriors in Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria | 91 |
Chapter 8 Redefining OriOke Mountain Top and the Emerging Economic Dynamics amongst Nigerian Pentecostal Churches | 111 |
A Study of Olorunkole Akinyele Prayer Mountain in Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria | 311 |
Chapter 21 The Concept of OriOke in United Missionary Church of Africa UMCA in Olorunsogo Local Government Area of Oyo State | 325 |
The Place of OriOke and Spirituality among Ilorin Christians | 337 |
A Study of the Idoma on the Functions of Effigies and Symbols | 351 |
A Sociological Analysis among Some Worshipers in Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria | 369 |
An Assessment | 381 |
A Study of Some Selected Miracle Mountain Prayer Ministries in Igboland | 393 |
The Pioneer of OriOke Spirituality in Christ Apostolic Church CAC in Yorubaland Southwestern Nigeria | 405 |
OriOke Ajaforunti in Egbe Nigeria as a Case Study | 129 |
Chapter 10 Ori Oke in Old Testament Traditions and its Economic Benefits in Igbeti Community Oyo State | 143 |
A Study of OriOke in the Ontology of the Aladura Churches of Nigeria | 161 |
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Chapter 13 The OriOke and the Attendees Faith in Ilorin Nigeria | 191 |
Chapter 14 Mountain OriOke within the Context of Islamic Theology | 205 |
Chapter 15 The Ecclesiastical Status of the Clergy in Relations to OriOke in Ilorin Metropolis | 215 |
The Panacea for Social Change and Development in Nigeria | 237 |
Chapter 17 Historical Perspectives of the Spiritual and Economic Potentials of OriOke Basin Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria | 253 |
An Empirical Analysis | 265 |
Chapter 19 SocioPsychological Discourse of Mountain Prayer OriOke and HealingSeeking Process in Nigeria | 293 |
Chapter 28 African Spirituality and the Presence of Gods Power on OriOke among the Yoruba of Nigeria | 419 |
Insights from Ifa ́ among the Yorùbá Peopleof Nigeria | 435 |
Chapter 30 The Economic Benefits of OriOke and Tourist Centres in Ondo State | 461 |
Chapter 31 An Appraisal of Prayer Mountain Syndrome in Nigeria and its Effects on Christians | 477 |
A Thematic Examination of Songs used in Ikoyi Prayer Mountains Osun State Nigeria | 491 |
Chapter 33 The Pragmatic Functions of the Ori Oke Rules and Regulations RRs in Ilorin Metropolis | 511 |
Chapter 34 OriOke and SocioCultural Changes in Ilorin North Central Nigeria | 529 |
The Igbomina Example | 549 |
Back cover | 571 |