The King’s Five Bodies: Pentecostals in the Sacred City and the Logic of Interreligious Dialogue
Inspired by Jacob Olupona’s important book, I provide an account of the Yorùbá political theology of sovereign flesh by examining the “five bodies” of the Ooni of Ifẹ̀. I then correlate the king’s five bodies with the five dimensions of the Ifá divination tray and also deploy them to formulate princ...
| Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2014
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Journal of Africana religions
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| Further subjects: | B
Sovereignty
B Pentecostals B Bodies B Political Theology B Ooni B Yorùbá |
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| Summary: | Inspired by Jacob Olupona’s important book, I provide an account of the Yorùbá political theology of sovereign flesh by examining the “five bodies” of the Ooni of Ifẹ̀. I then correlate the king’s five bodies with the five dimensions of the Ifá divination tray and also deploy them to formulate principles of interreligious dialogue between Pentecostalism and traditional religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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