Note: "Essays in honour of Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona" , 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 , Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa : contending with gender, the vitality of indigenous religions and diaspora , ch. 2. Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere , ch. 3. Faith, spiritualism and materialism : understanding the interfaces of religion and economy in Nigeria , ch. 4. Towards a civil religion in Nigeria , ch. 5. The tradition of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols : a study of its implication for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria , ch. 6. The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions , ch. 7. Researching African immigrant religions : boundaries, belonging and access , ch. 8. 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 , ch. 9. The place of second-generation youth in West Indian pentecostalism in the diaspora--New York and London , ch. 10. Religion and masculinities in Africa : an opportunity for Africanization , ch. 11. Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions , ch. 12. Partnership and the exercise of power in Nigerian churches , ch. 13. The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman : between economic crisis and religious puritanism , ch. 1. Approaches to peacemaking in Africa : obuntu perspectives from Western Kenya , ch. 2. Religious pluralism and secularization in the Nigerian religious sphere , ch. 3. Faith, spiritualism and materialism : understanding the interfaces of religion and economy in Nigeria , ch. 4. Towards a civil religion in Nigeria , ch. 5. The tradition of ancestral veneration manifesting in national symbols : a study of its implication for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria , ch. 6. The concept of expiatory sacrifice in the early Church and in African indigenous religious traditions , ch. 7. Researching African immigrant religions : boundaries, belonging and access , ch. 8. 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 , ch. 9. The place of second-generation youth in West Indian pentecostalism in the diaspora--New York and London , ch. 10. Religion and masculinities in Africa : an opportunity for Africanization , ch. 11. Rethinking women, nature and ritual purity in Yoruba religious traditions , ch. 12. Partnership and the exercise of power in Nigerian churches , ch. 13. The Northern Nigerian Muslim woman : between economic crisis and religious puritanism

Note: Proceedings of a conference held in 2003 in Berlin, Germany

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-251)