The dynamic nature of Christianity has necessitated its movement from the cathedral to the mountain top. This has occasioned a proliferation of Prayer Mountains throughout Africa. In Yorubaland of southwestern Nigeria, Prayer Mountain is known as Ori-Oke. Like many communities in Africa, the Yoruba are confronted with fundamental challenges in life for which people do not rest until they find solutions. Within the praxis of Nigerian Christian lexicon Ori-Oke is synonymous with the enactment of a sacred space on a mountain top characterised by various prayer regimes, rituals, exorcism and religious practices, aimed at eliciting the help of the divine to alleviate the existential challenges of devotees. This book explores the resacralisation of space on the mountains, highlighting how humans and the divine interact in Yorubaland. It brings into conversation 35 empirically rich scholarly essays on the role of Ori-Oke to those seeking divine intervention in their lives. Today, Ori-Oke have become centres of pilgrimage as a result of the lived experiences of devotees, creating unique religious value quite distinct from the aesthetic value of these mountain tops. The spirituality of Ori-Oke is anchored on the absolute belief in God and the infusion of traditional African worldview sensibilities in religious rites and worship. Ori-Oke spirituality employs resources of Christian tradition, introduced by the formal agents of Christianity, synthesised with traditional culture, to develop a life based on the precepts of an African Christianity. The book is an intellectual discourse on Ori-Oke spirituality, reflecting its contemporary relevance in a context of religious innovation and competition.

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Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Notes on Contributors
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Foreword
Chapter 1 - The Historical, Political and Phenomenological Importance of Ori-Oke (Hills and Mountains) in South-Western Nigeria
Chapter 2 - Society, Religion and Social Change in the Context of Ori-Oke Prayer Culture: A Sociological Perspective
Chapter 3 - An Assessment of Muslims’ Involvement in Ori -Oke Prayers in Nigeria
Chapter 4 - Materialism or Paradise: A Psycho-Spiritual Inquiry of why people go to Prayer Mountains in South-West, Nigeria.
Chapter 5 - Ori-Oke and Gender Patronage in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis
Chapter 6 - Ori Oke and National Development in Nigeria: A Geo-Political Analysis
Chapter 7 - Religion and HIV/AIDS Campaigns: The Perceptions of Mountain Prayer Warriors in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Chapter 8 - Redefining Ori-Oke (Mountain Top) and the Emerging Economic Dynamics amongst Nigerian Pentecostal Churches
Chapter 9 - Hierophant and Hierophany in Yoruba Spirituality: Ori-Oke Ajaforunti in Egbe, Nigeria, as a Case Study
Chapter 10 - Ori- Oke in Old Testament Traditions and its Economic Benefits in Igbeti Community, Oyo State
Chapter 11 - African Religious Philosophy: A Study of Ori-Oke in the Ontology of the Aladura Churches of Nigeria
Chapter 12 - Significance of Mountain Prayer in Biblical Narrative with Reference to Matt. 17: 1-5
Chapter 13 - The Ori-Oke and the Attendees’ Faith in Ilorin, Nigeria
Chapter 14 - Mountain Ori-Oke within the Context of Islamic Theology
Chapter 15 - The Ecclesiastical Status of the Clergy in Relations to Ori-Oke in Ilorin Metropolis
Chapter 16 - Ori-oke and Christian Values: The Panacea for Social Change and Development in Nigeria
Chapter 17 - Historical Perspectives of the Spiritual and Economic Potentials of Ori-Oke Basin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Chapter 18 - Socio-Spiritual Dynamics of Ori-Oke among Indigenous Churches: An Empirical Analysis
Chapter 19 - Socio-Psychological Discourse of Mountain Prayer Ori-Oke and Healing-Seeking Process in Nigeria
Chapter 20 - The Concept of Ori-Oke Prayer: A Study of Olorunkole Akinyele Prayer Mountain in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Chapter 21 - The Concept of Ori-Oke in United Missionary Church of Africa (UMCA) in Olorunsogo Local Government Area of Oyo State
Chapter 22 - Between Rhetoric and Reality: The Place of Ori-Oke and Spirituality among Ilorin Christians
Chapter 23 - Mountain Worship and the Philosophical Conception: A Study of the Idoma on the Functions of Effigies and Symbols
Chapter 24 - The Reality of Mountain Prayers in Nigeria: A Sociological Analysis among Some Worshipers in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Chapter 25 - Impact of Ori-Oke Prayer on Cultural Change in Nigeria: An Assessment
Chapter 26 - Mountain Worship and Quest for Miracles: A Study of Some Selected Miracle Mountain Prayer Ministries in Igboland
Chapter 27 - Joseph Ayo Babalola: The Pioneer of Ori-Oke Spirituality in Christ Apostolic Church (C.A.C.) in Yorubaland, Southwestern, Nigeria
Chapter 28 - African Spirituality and the Presence of God’s Power on Ori-Oke among the Yoruba of Nigeria
Chapter 29 - A Semiotic Study of the African Religious Beliefs on Ori-Oke: Insights from Ifa ́ among the Yorùbá Peopleof Nigeria
Chapter 30 - The Economic Benefits of Ori-Oke and Tourist Centres in Ondo State
Chapter 31 - An Appraisal of Prayer Mountain Syndrome in Nigeria and its Effects on Christians
Chapter 32 - ‘Orin Ori-Oke’: A Thematic Examination of Songs used in Ikoyi Prayer Mountains, Osun State, Nigeria
Chapter 33 - The Pragmatic Functions of the Ori Oke Rules and Regulations (RRs) in Ilorin Metropolis
Chapter 34 - Ori-Oke and Socio-Cultural Changes in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria
Chapter 35 - Veneration of Mountain-spirits in Yoruba Traditional Religion: The Igbomina Example
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