Book Review: “Olodumare; God in Yoruba Belief”
In the pioneering works of African religious scholarship and indigenous Western African writings of authors, such as E.B. Idowu, it has been shown that Africans are not so intellectually impoverished as to be lacking in a sophisticated conception of the “Supreme Being.” In Yoruba religion, such a “Being” is recognized and given a premier position or status. When looking into the Yoruba religion it is recognized that many of their recognized beings are very similar to those projected in Christian religious understandings. In Yoruba religion attributes such as omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, benevolence, divinity, and belief in a divine creator are very important aspects of a righteous individual. With this in mind, the book that I have chosen to review is E.B Idowu’s
Olodumare; God in Yoruba Belief. In this book Idowu purports to explain the aspects of the Yoruba religion, and the importance of the divine individuals, such as Oludumare, that many Yoruba once recognized as their “God,” and the originator of their existence. In this book Idowu presents Olodumare as Christianity’s God or Islam’s Allah, and Esu as Satan, and insist that many individuals do not understand the Yoruba belief in the “Diety.” Idowu describes the “Diety,” as the main focus of Yoruba worship, and the idea of worshiping a “Supreme Being.” Idowu insists that it is the ignorance of European culture that led to belief/culture of the “Diety” to be derided. Their ignorance was spread leading to the conception that this way of worship is suitable for only
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Yoruba Belief,
Being” Yoruba,
Christianity Godly,
Obatala Ogun,
Europeans Yoruba,
Being” Idowu,
Esu Satan,
EB Idowu,
Oba Oke,
yoruba religion,
Oludumare Yoruba,
book idowu,
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belief book idowu,
insist individuals,
god yoruba,
belief “diety”,
“graven images”,
“supreme being”,
individuals oludumare,
god yoruba belief,
yoruba belief book,
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