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"The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous oriṣa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own oriṣa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the oriṣa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions."

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The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous orisa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own orisa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions. "A rigorous analysis of the social character of religion in light of historical changes and enduring cultural practices... lucid and probing, a work of real skill and erudition, and a critical standard of scholarship." -LAMIN SANNEH, Yale Divinity School "[This book] is a revivifying shot in the arm for comparatism and an invitation to think afresh about the relations between Christianity, Islam and orisa religion both within Nigeria and in the wider world." -KARIN BARBER, University of Birmingham "This great book restores value and merit both to comparative methodology and the historical approach, while uncompromisingly affirming the centrality of religion to all aspects of society." -TOYIN FALOLA, University of Texas at Austin J.D.Y. PEEL (1941–2015) died shortly before this book went to press. He was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. This is his last major work.

Cover -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- The Gender-Specific Effect of Working Hours Reductions on Family Happiness in South Korea -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background and Related Literature -- 1.3 Data and Methodology -- 1.4 Satisfaction Regression Results -- 1.4.1 Life Satisfaction -- 1.4.2 Hours and Job Satisfaction -- 1.4.3 Robustness Checks and Joint Happiness -- 1.5 Gender Identity, Intra-Household Bargaining, and Family Division of Labor -- 1.6 Concluding Remarks -- Adaptation under Traditional Gender Roles: Testing the Baseline Hypothesis in South Korea -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Gender Gap in Korea -- 2.3 Data and Methodology -- 2.3.1 Data -- 2.3.2 Anticipation and Adaptation Model -- 2.3.3 Intra-Marriage Gender Happiness Gap Model -- 2.4 Regression Results -- 2.4.1 Marriage-Status-Related Events -- 2.4.2 Labor Market Events -- 2.4.3 Determinants of Intra-Marriage Gender Happiness Gap -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-1974 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Rural Reforms in 1950 and 1962/63 -- 3.3 Effect of Rural Reforms on Agricultural Productivity -- 3.3.1 Historical Farm Data -- 3.3.2 Land Reform and Trends of Agricultural Input and Output -- 3.3.3 Econometric Model -- 3.4 Effect of Rural Reforms on Individual Well-being -- 3.4.1 Body Height and Individual Welfare -- 3.4.2 Testing for Structural Breaks in Time Series -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- Cash Crop Choice and Income Dynamics in Rural Areas: Evidence for Post-Crisis Indonesia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature Review -- 4.3 Data and Setting -- 4.3.1 Variables of Interest -- 4.3.2 Descriptive Analysis -- 4.4 Model and Results -- 4.4.1 Basic Results -- 4.4.2 Robustness Checks -- 4.5 Extension -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Appendix Essay 1.

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