TY - JOUR
KW - Evil
KW - Good
KW - Ifa
KW - Soteriology
KW - Theology
AU - C.O. Jegede
AB - This article explores the concept of soteriology-the doctrine of salvation. Soteriology is central to Christian theology and is also fundamental to African indigenous religions and cultures. This article is an attempt to give theoretical and practical supports to the existence of soteriological concepts in African indigenous religion as evidenced in Ifa; an oral tradition of the Yoruba. It clarifies and reinforces the general assumptions that Ifa has certain theological ideas and that it is a principal source of African theology. The study claims that Ifa, which has been defined by UNESCO as an "oral and intangible heritage," if studied thoroughly, reveals the underlying African theologies of salvation. The theological content of African indigenous religion has been the concern of scholars in contextual or inculturation theology. This study opines that extensive study of Ifa is essential to the understanding of the Yoruba concept of salvation. The concept of salvation for any people is fundamental to the way they seek to utilize this belief as a means of solving their deepest problems in life. Most religions give emphasis to salvation in one form or another, and, as such, have their own developed forms of soteriology.
BT - Black Theology
DA - 2013///
DB - Scopus
DO - 10.1179/1476994813Z.0000000003
IS - 2
J2 - Black Theology
LA - English
N2 - This article explores the concept of soteriology-the doctrine of salvation. Soteriology is central to Christian theology and is also fundamental to African indigenous religions and cultures. This article is an attempt to give theoretical and practical supports to the existence of soteriological concepts in African indigenous religion as evidenced in Ifa; an oral tradition of the Yoruba. It clarifies and reinforces the general assumptions that Ifa has certain theological ideas and that it is a principal source of African theology. The study claims that Ifa, which has been defined by UNESCO as an "oral and intangible heritage," if studied thoroughly, reveals the underlying African theologies of salvation. The theological content of African indigenous religion has been the concern of scholars in contextual or inculturation theology. This study opines that extensive study of Ifa is essential to the understanding of the Yoruba concept of salvation. The concept of salvation for any people is fundamental to the way they seek to utilize this belief as a means of solving their deepest problems in life. Most religions give emphasis to salvation in one form or another, and, as such, have their own developed forms of soteriology.
PY - 2013
SN - 14769948 (ISSN)
SP - 201
EP - 218
EP - 
T2 - Black Theology
TI - An exploration into soteriology in ifa: Oral and intangible heritage for humanity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84880880231&doi=10.1179%2f1476994813Z.0000000003&partnerID=40&md5=b5e6abd0e13f43d6657f1b5256f2ff42
VL - 11
ER -