The letter and the spirit: Literacy and religious authority in the history of the Aladura movement in western Nigeria
The Yoruban word 'aladura', meaning 'one who prays', generally refers to a set of churches that formed a powerful religious movement among the Yoruba in western Nigeria during the first decades of this century. To date, there have been three main lines of interpretation which rec...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1989
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Africa
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Church
B Association B Secularization B Religious education B People B Yoruba B Nigeria Christliche Kirche Religious education Religiöse Vereinigung Literacy improvement Religiöses Oberhaupt Secularization Ethnie / People Yoruba (Volk) B Religious community B Religious leader B Tree trunk Ethnology B Nigeria B Literacy improvement |