A must for all practitioners and students of Yoruba religion.Interprets the Yoruba concept of the supreme God, and explores the relationship between Olodumare and subordiate deities. Referenced by every author who writes on the subject.
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Universalism,
By Diogenes (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (Paperback)
Olodumare has been a source for almost every paper I write. It is a thoughtful and comprehensive look at a most interesting aspect of a most interesting religion. So much for those who claim that pagans have no concept of Absolute God. Yet what Absolute means for the Yoruba turns out to be very different. I highly recomend this book for any religion scholar as a wonderful study of God universally and in Yoruba tradition. Begin the dialogue.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I had expected...,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief (Paperback)
I had spent some time searching for texts on Olodumare, primary deity of the Yoruba pantheon. I was very much excited to find and purchase this book, but was disappointed when I started reading it. While the book is written in a scholarly fashion, I couldn't help but notice just how Christian-influenced this work is. The book contains a lot of information about the Yoruba tribe's mythology, deities and beliefs, but with each reference made to Olodumare, I felt like the author was describing Yahweh/Jehovah under a different name. I'm not saying that this is a bad book, but it's definitely not what I had expected. If you are a follower of the Christian faith and simply want to learn more about alternate religions, this might be a book you can enjoy. But anyone that is opposed to Christianity or has a bitter taste for it would not care much for this text.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
