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Title: | The Social Impact of New Religious Movements as Contemporary Yoruba Life: The Aladura as a Case in Point |
Author: | Olayiwola, David O. |
Year: | 1989 |
Periodical: | Africana Marburgensia |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 33-44 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | African Independent Churches Yoruba Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
Abstract: | This paper analyses the social impact of new religious movements generally, and the Aladura Movement, in Yorubaland, Nigeria, in particular. The author examines several factors influencing the impact of the movement, namely economic, sociocultural, anthropological, political, and psychological factors. The author concludes that the practice of utilizing traditional cultural elements for evangelization constituted the main springboard for the rapid spread of the Aladura Movement and, consequently, its social impact. Notes, ref. |