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Tampere research group on Religion and Society

Sacred Authenticity: Exploring Rituals, Spirit Possession, and Altered States of Consciousness amongst Yoruba Traditional Religion and Christianity

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Our new PhD candidate Tomilola Fadipe presented his doctoral project to the TRELIS members. In his study he explores how authenticity is socially constructed and contested in the Yoruba religious landscape by examining Yoruba traditional religion, the Pentecostal movement and African indigenous churches among the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria.