Odù Ifá in Transition: Contemplating Boundary Mechanisms in Discursive and Critical Appreciation of the Ifá Corpus
Some Ifá priests and scholars have argued that noninitiates should not engage the Odù Ifá corpus. They suggest that such an undertaking could be spiritually dangerous and lead to the corruption of Ifá’s messages that its practitioners have established. This article demonstrates why the Odù Ifá corpu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 195-219 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ifa
/ Orisha
/ Oracle
/ Corpus (Linguistics)
/ Initiation
/ Use of
/ Criterion
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BS Traditional African religions |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural globalization
B Ifá corpus B Ifá B Òrìṣà logics B African Philosophy B Odù Ifá B Yorùbá religion |
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