Elimination by substitution: the travesty of changing cultural names to biblical names by pentecostals in southwestern Nigeria
One of the reasons put forward by Yoruba Pentecostals who engage in the phenomenon of changing cultural names to biblical names is the evil connotation which the meanings of such names exude. This might have been informed by the Yoruba belief that a person’s name exerts great influence on the attitu...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Ilorin journal of religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 107-124 |
Further subjects: | B
Pentecostals
B Cultural Name B Southwestern Nigeria B Biblical Name B Name Changing |
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