Pentecostal Conceptions of Warfare Prayer among the Yoruba in Southwestern Nigeria
Warfare prayer is a common ritual practice among Yoruba Pentecostal adherents in southwestern Nigeria. It entails visualization of a supposed enemy or battle and the utilization of warfare prayers, songs, and Bible verses to supposedly neutralize opposing forces. In fact, scholars have established t...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of religion in Africa
Год: 2023, Том: 53, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 3-20 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Nigeria (Südwest)
/ Пятидесятники (церковь)
/ Йоруба (народ)
/ Духовное ведение войны
/ Молитва (мотив)
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| Индексация IxTheo: | CB Христианская жизнь KBN Черная Африка KDG Свободная церковь |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Pentecostal adherents
B Йоруба (народ) B Pentecostalism B warfare prayer B southwestern Nigeria |
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| Итог: | Warfare prayer is a common ritual practice among Yoruba Pentecostal adherents in southwestern Nigeria. It entails visualization of a supposed enemy or battle and the utilization of warfare prayers, songs, and Bible verses to supposedly neutralize opposing forces. In fact, scholars have established that the continued growth of Pentecostalism and the proliferation of Pentecostal churches in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, includes its feature of warfare prayer deployment. This study examines the Pentecostal conceptions of warfare prayer among the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria. The study is basically qualitative, with data collected from branches of four purposively selected indigenous Pentecostal churches. Findings have revealed that warfare prayer is associated with the Yoruba belief system that attributes the so-called ‘spiritual diabolical’ and their human agents with incapacitating capabilities, resulting in devastating effects on victims. Yoruba Pentecostals believe that such diabolical forces can only be vanquished by warfare prayers. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340243 |