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DAVID O. OGUNGBILE, PhD Curriculum Vitae
ADDRESSES
Work:
Department of Religious Studies
Obafemi Awolowo University
O.A.U. P. O. Box 1950
Ile-Ife, Osun State
Nigeria
Home:
Senior Staff Quarters Road 7C House 14
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Osun State, NIGERIA
Phone # & Email/Website:
+234(0) 703.371.8844
+234(0) 807.072.1710
dogungbile1@yahoo.com
dogungbile@oauife.edu.ng
www.ogungbile.net
EDUCATION 2003 Ph.D. (Religious Studies), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
2001 M.T.S. (World Religions), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
1992 M.A. (Religious Studies), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
1987 B.A. (Hons.) (Religious Studies), University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
1981 T.C.II Nigeria Teachers’ Certificate, Nigeria
DISSERTATIONS
“Myth, Ritual and Identity in the Religious Traditions of the Osogbo People of Western Nigeria”
Doctoral Dissertation submitted to the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2003): 509 pp.
“A Comparative Study of Revelation in Aládurà Christianity and Divination in Yoruba Religious
Traditions in Ile-Ife, Nigeria” Masters’ Dissertation submitted to the Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1992): 212
“Glossolalia and Spirit Seizure in the Cherubim an Seraphim Church, Ilesa: A Theological
Evaluation.” Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. B.A. Original Essay
(1987): 122
SPECIALIZATIONS: RESEARCH AND TEACHING COMPETENCES
African Religions, African Diaspora Religions, Comparative Religions, Phenomenology of Religion,
Sociology & Anthropology of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Ethics & Human Values, Methods
and Theory of Religion, Introduction to African Studies, Christianity and Islam in Africa.
LANGUAGES (Other than English): Yorùbá (speaking, reading and writing), French & Greek (reading).
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2015-Till date Chair (Head), Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
2010-Till date Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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2007-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-
Ife, Nigeria
2004 - 2007 Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
2012-2014 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
2011- PhD External Examiner, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
2009- PhD; M.A., & B.A. (Hons.), External Examiner, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
2011 - PhD, External Examiner, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
2013- External Examiner, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria
2011/2012 M.Div. and M.Th. External Examiner, Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary, Abeokuta,
Ogun State, Nigeria.
2007 – 2011 Fellow, Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American
Research
2004 - date M.A. & PhD External Examiner for Graduate Studies, Nigeria Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
2007 (Sept. to Dec.): Interim Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
2004 - 2007 Adjunct Lecturer & Dissertation Supervisor (M.A. & PhD), Nigeria Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
2001- date Internal Examiner, Obafemi Awolowo University: Departments of English, History, Music,
Sociology/Anthropology, Linguistics & African Languages, etc.
2001 - 2004 Lecturer I, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
2001 (Summer) Instructor, Yoruba Language for African, Brazilian and Caribbean Group, Boston, MA
1996 – 2001 Lecturer II, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
1993 – 1998 Adjunct Lecturer in Religions, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
1993 – 1996 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
1989 – 1992 Adjunct Lecturer, Osun State College of Education (N.C.E.), Ilesa, Nigeria
1989 – 1991 Teaching Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
ACADEMIC HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2010- Associate, Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American
Research
2009-2010 Fellow, American Council of Learned Society (African Humanities Program)
2009-2010 Non-Resident Fellow, Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African
American Research
2007-2009 Fellow, Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American
Research
1999-2001 Harvard University Grant, Cambridge, MA
1989-1991, 1994-1999, 2001 – 2003 - Obafemi Awolowo University Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Forthcoming
Cultural Memories, Performance, and Meanings in Indigenous Festivals and Celebrations
Among An African People and their Diaspora Community
Divine Manifestation and Human Creativity: Cultural Hermeneutics of Myth, Ritual and Identity
among an African Community of Nigeria
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2015 African Indigenous Religious Traditions in Local and Global Contexts: Perspectives on Nigeria:
(Lagos: Nigeria: Malthouse Press Ltd.) (edited): xviii-439
2014 The Humanities and Leadership in Nigeria (Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A Publication of the Faculty of Arts,
Obafemi Awolowo University), (Edited with L.O. Salami, L.O. Adewole, F.M. Ogunleye & A.O.
Ogunyemi), xii-451
2010 Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity (Lagos, Nigeria: Malthouse), (Edited with Akin
Akinade): xxvi – 364pp.
2007 Rethinking the Humanities in Africa (Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A Publication of the Faculty of Arts,
Obafemi Awolowo University) (Edited with Sola Akinrinade, Dipo Fashina and J. O. Famakinwa):
viii – 479 pp.
2006 Introduction to the Study of Religion (Lagos, Nigeria: National Open University of Nigeria): xiv-95
2006 The Humanities, Nationalism and Democracy (Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A Publication of the Faculty of
Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University) (Edited with Sola Akinrinade and Dipo Fashina): vii – 410 pp.
2004 Locating the Local in the Global: Voices on a Globalised Nigeria (Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A Publication of
the Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University) (Edited with Sola Akinrinade, Modupe Kolawole
and Ibiyemi Mojola): x - 291 pp.
Articles in Journals and Contribution to Books/Encyclopedias
2015 “Issues and Perspectives in African Indigenous Religious Traditions” in African Indigenous
Religious Traditions in Local and Global Contexts: Perspectives on Nigeria: (Edited by David O.
Ogungbile): 1-22
“Indigenous Tradition in Transition: ‘Born Again’ Traditional Rulers, Religious Change and Power
Contestation” (with Peter O. Awoniyi) in African Indigenous Religious Traditions in Local and
Global Contexts: Perspectives on Nigeria (Edited by David O. Ogungbile): 69-94
“Borderless Homeland: Memory, Identity and the Spiritual Experience of an African Diaspora
Community” in African Indigenous Religious Traditions in Local and Global Contexts:
Perspectives on Nigeria (Edited by David O. Ogungbile): 389-430
2014 “African Pentecostalism and the Prosperity Gospel.” In Clifton R. Clarke (ed.) Pentecostal Theology
in Africa (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications): Chapter 7: 132-149
2012 “Space Contestation and Religious Identity among Christian and Muslim Students in Nigerian
Universities” in Akintunde E. Akinade (ed.), Fractured Spectrum: Perspectives on Christian-
Muslim Encounters in Nigeria (New York, N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing ): 158-168
2011 “Tradition and Response: Islam and Muslim Societies in a Nigerian City” in Keskin Tugrul (ed.),
The Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies: Secularism, Economy and Politics (Berkshire, UK:
Ithaca Press): Chapter 14, 319-342
2011 “Women and Leadership in Nigerian Islam: The Experience of Alhaja Sheidat Mujidat Adeoye of
Osogbo” in Oyeronke Oyewumi (ed.), Gender Epistemologies in Africa: Gendering Traditions,
Spaces, Social Institutions, and Identities (New York: Palgrave Macmillan): Chapter 4, pp. 85-99
(Earlier version as “Religious Experience and Women Leadership in Nigerian Islam: Alhaja Sheidat
Mujidat Adeoye, Founder and Leader of the Fadillulah Muslim Mission, Osogbo, Nigeria.” Journal
of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia: [2004], Vol. 9 No. 1: 17-
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40.). Also reprinted in Pade Badru & Brigid M. Sackey (eds.), Islam in Africa South of the Sahara:
Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform [Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2013]
2010 “Issues and Perspectives” in Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity (Lagos, Nigeria:
Malthouse Press): 1-18
2010 “Faith without Borders: Culture, Identity and Nigerian Immigrant Churches in Multicultural
American Community” in Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity (Lagos, Nigeria:
Malthouse Press): 311-331
2009 “Ile (Earth) and Sustainability: Motherhood Symbolism, Sex Metaphor, and Ritual Essence in
African Indigenous Spirituality” Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies (Special Issue in Honor
of Professor Michael Young Nabofa), Vol. XLI/II: 84-101
2009 “Medicine”, In Molefi Kete Asante & Ama Mazama (eds.), Encyclopedia of African Religion Vol.
1 (Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Sage Publications, Inc.): 413-419
“Seclusion”, In Molefi Kete Asante & Ama Mazama (eds.), Encyclopedia of African Religion Vol.
2 (Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Sage Publications, Inc.): 597-601
“Serpent” In Molefi Kete Asante & Ama Mazama (eds.), Encyclopedia of African Religion Vol. 2
(Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Sage Publications, Inc.): 607-608
2007 “Africa: Religions” In Fedwa Malti-Douglas (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. (Detroit:
Macmillan Reference USA): 35-38
2006 “Ìjèsà Cultural Factors and the Growth of Christianity in Nigeria since the 20th Century.” Asia
Journal of Theology Vol. 20, No. 2: 305-337 (Also published in Dialogue and Alliance: A Journal
of the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace (The Influence of Interfaith Consciousness), Vol.
19, No. 2: 47-78.
2006 “Body Decoration” in Daniel Stout (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication and Media
(New York & London: Routledge): 39-44
2005 “Cultural Revolution and African Spirituality: The Case of Ijo Orile-Ede Adulawo Ti Kristi,
Nigeria.” Dialogue & Alliance: A Journal of Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace, New
York, NY, Vol. 18, No. 2: 11-25 (Reprinted from Asia Journal of Theology, Bangalore, India,
{2002} Vol. 16 No. 1: 116-130)
2005 “God: African Supreme Beings.” In Lindsay Jones (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Religion, Second
Edition. (New York/San Francisco/London: Macmillan Reference/Thomson Gale), Volume 5: 3567-
3579
2004 “Puberty Rites” In Frank A. Salamone (ed.) Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals
(New York: Routledge): 345-350
2004 “Ooya Osun: Communicating History, Life and Experience Through Religious Artifact.” In Sola
Akinrinade, M.E.M. Kolawole, I. Mojola and David O. Ogungbile (eds.), Locating the Local in the
Global: Voices on a Globalised Nigeria (A Publication of the Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) (With Ope Onabajo): Chapter 15, 167-178
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2003 “Yoruba Cultural Identity: A Phenomenological Approach to Osun Festival.” In P. A. Dopamu and
E. Ade Odumuyiwa (eds.) Religion, Science and Culture (A Publication of the Nigerian Association
for the Study of Religions, Ilorin, Nigeria): 179-196.
2001 “Eérindinlogun: The Seeing Eyes of Sacred Shells and Stones.” In Joseph M. Murphy and Mei-Mei
Sanford (eds.) Osun Across the Waters: A Yoruba Goddess in Africa and the Americas
(Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press): Chapter 14: 189-212
2001. “Prognostication, Explanation and Control: The Interaction of Ifa Divination Process and the
Aladura Churches.” In L.O. Adewole (ed.) Ifa and Related Genres. Casas Book Series No. 13 (Cape
Town, South Africa: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society) Chapter 9: 84-96
2001 “The Dynamics of Language in Cultural Revolution and African Spirituality: The Case of Ijo Orile-
Ede Adulawo Ti Kristi (National Church of Christ) in Nigeria.” Nordic Journal of African Studies.
Finland. Vol. 10 No. 1:66-79.
1999 “Religion and National Policy in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Impact of Christian Youth Movement
on NYSC Programme in a Nigerian Community.” The Living Word: Journal of Philosophy and
Theology, Alwaye, India, Vol. 105 No. 2: 115-131.
1998 “Communication Through Religious Iconography: The Example of Osogbo Art and Life.”
Redaktion Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere aap, Institüt für Afrikanistik, Germany, No. 53:67-79.
1998 “Islam and Cultural Identity in Nigeria: The Osogbo-Yoruba Experience” Orita: Ibadan Journal of
Religious Studies. Vol. XXX/1-2: 123-137.
1998 “Interaction of Islam and Traditional Culture: A Case Study of Osogbo-Yoruba Community of
Nigeria.” Africana Marburgensia. Vol. XXXI, 1+2:48-61.
1997 “Meeting Point of Culture and Health: The Case of the Aladura Churches in Nigeria.” Nordic
Journal of African Studies. Helsinki, Finland, Vol. 6 No. 1:98-112.
1997 “Water Symbolism in African Culture and Afro-Christian Churches.” The Journal of Religious
Thought. The Howard University, Washington D.C. Vols. 53/2 & 54/1: 23-38. (Also published in
The Asia Journal of Theology, Bangalore, India, Vol. 12, No. 1: 157-173, 1998:)
Reviews and Reports
2005 “26th NASR Conference Report (26 – 29 September, 2005), Ile-Ife” in AASR-Newsletter 23: 34-35.
2004 “The AASR Ghana Conference: Impressions and Reflections” in AASR-Newsletter 21: 12-13.
1998 “Osun in Yoruba Worldview.” Osun Osogbo Festival, (A Publication of Osogbo Cultural Heritage
Council, Osogbo, Nigeria: 60-61
1997 “Osun Osogbo as Civil Religion.” Osun Osogbo Festival: 30-32.
Publications in Progress
Books
Chapters in Books
“Some Major Yoruba Festivals” Yoruba Cultural Studies. (A Publication of the Institute of Cultural
Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2007)
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“Religious Festivals: A Metaphor for the Revitalization of African Traditional Values in the Era of
Globalization, African Association for the Study of Religions, Ghana
Reviewer for:
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences
Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies
Ife Journal of Religions, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Journal of Arabic and Religious Studies, Univerity of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Research in Progress
Religious Behaviour and Expression in University Campuses in Nigerian Universities
Yoruba Religions in the Americas: Immigrant Religiosity and the Dynamics of Culture.
Current Perspectives in African New Religious Movements.
Remembering and Representation: Visual Images as Text in the Fourth Religious Dimension in the
Nigerian Public Space
Awon Orin Odun Ibile Osogbo (Songs of the Cultural Festivals of Osogbo People with emphasis of
Osun, Egungun, Obataala, Sango and Ogun)
LECTURES AND CONFERENCES
2015 Annual Faculty of Arts International Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife held at the
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on March 24-26. Panel Chair
2014 Interactive Session on Course Pack Writing for The Premier University of Sao Tome and Principe,
held at the NICON Hotel, Victoria Garden City, Ajah, Lagos on February 28 & March 1, 2014.
Coordinator for Theology Section.
2013 8th Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education Conference (PASMAE), organized by Makerere
University in Partnership with The Uganda Society for Musical Arts Education, held on 29 July – 1
August at the Silver Springs Hotel, Kampala Uganda. Title of Paper Presented (with S.A. Adebisi
and I.A. Adebisi): “Contemporary Gospel Music in Nigeria: A Melting Pot for Christian and Islamic
Religious Cultures.”
2012 Guest Speaker at the 14th Graduation Ceremony of the Baptist College of Theology, Benin City, held
on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Edo State Baptist Conference Complex, Benin City, Edo State,
Nigeria. Title of Lecture: “Voice in the Wilderness: Challenges of Theological Education in a Multi-
Cultural and Multi-Faith Nigeria”
2012 Workshop on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO), held on Thursday,
April 26, 2012 at the Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). November 19-22, 2011. San
Francisco, California, USA. Presented “Space Contestation and Religious Identity Among Christians
and Muslims in Nigerian University Campuses” to the Religions Conversions Sections and Space,
Place, and Religious Meaning.
2011 Methodological Issues in Humanities Research & Preparing Applications for the African Humanities
Fellowship. Organized by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Cooperation with The
African Humanities Program/American Council of Learned Society, held on 27th May, 2011 at the
Natural History Museum, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Presented “Issues in
‘Cultural Memories, Performance, and Meanings in Indigenous Festivals and Celebrations among
the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria.’”
2011 African Humanities Program. “4th Year Competitions Launch Meeting & Applications Consultation
Workshop.” American Council of Learned Society in Collaboration with The University of Ibadan,
Nigeria, held on 23-25 May, 2011 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Presented “Festivals as Civil
Faith/4th Dimension”, an Aspect of “Cultural Memories, Performance, and Meaning in Indigenous
Festivals and Celebrations among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria.”
2011 Inter-Religious Symposium on Good Governance. “Towards a Successful General Elections 2011:
Exploring the Role of Religious Practitioners and Other Stakeholders, The Christian Perspective”
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Interdepartmental Forum for Good Governance in Nigeria (A Collaboration of Department of Arabic
and Islamic Studies and Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan), held in Trenchard
Hall, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, March 10, 2011.
2010. 31st Annual Conference and Fellowship Award Ceremony of the Nigerian Association for the Study
of Religions (NASR), held at the Baptist Theological College, Oyo, Oyo State, on September 28-30,
2010. Theme: Religion and Nigeria Today. Paper: “In Time Like This: Doing Religious Studies
Justice.”
2010 1st International Conference on Culture, Ondo State Government Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
held on September 1-3, 2010. Theme: Culture and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria. Lead
Paper Presented: “The Religious Fellow and the Cultural Being.”
2010 Global Conference of Black Nationalities, Osun State Government in Collaboration with UNESCO,
Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding & Federal Republic of Nigeria, held at
WOCDIF Centre, Òşogbo, August 23-27, 2010. Theme: The Black Race: The Past, the Present and
the Future of a Rich Heritage. Paper Presented: “Religion and Culture as a Tool for National
Integration, Global Peace and International Understanding.”
2010 Migration and Settlement Patterns in Yorubaland. Organized by the Institute of Cultural Studies,
Obafemi Awolowo University in collaboration with the Centre for Black and African Arts and
Civilization (CBAAC), held in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, March 11-14.
Presented paper on “The Diaspora, Another Fold Outside the Camp: Encountering Yoruba Spirits
and Reconstructing the Border.”
2010 4th International Conference of the African Association for the Study of Religions held at the
Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, January 17-22. Theme: Religion,
Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa. Served as the Chair of the Local Organizing
Committee, and also presented a paper.
2009 Ibadan, Yoruba Culture and American Life” A Public Lecture presented to the Ibadan Descendants
Union on April
2009 “Understanding Contemporary Africa” Lecture presented to the Boston University on 28th April,
2009 (9.30 – 11.00 a.m.)
2009 Panel discussion of “Black Religions 'Post-Racism?': The Obama Effect” organized by Harambee:
Students of African Descent and Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Harvard Divinity School as
part of Black History Month at HDS, February 19, 2009. See
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/events.html
2008 African Association for the Study of Religions/Society of Biblical Literature (AASR/SBL), Boston
Massachusetts, November 23, 2008.
Panel discussant at the lecture on “The Bible, Biblical Culture, and Public Life in Africa”
2008 1st
Forum of International Sociological Association (ISA), on Sociological Research and Public
Debate, held in Barcelona, Spain, September 5-8, 2008
Paper Presented: Culture Needs No Visa: Culture, Identity, and Nigerian Immigrant Spirituality in A
Multicultural American Community
2008 University of Georgia, Athens. Lecture Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Religion and
Institute for African Studies. “Divine Manifestation and Human Creativity: Cultural Hermeneutics
of Myth, Ritual, and Identity among an African People and their Transnational Community”. May 2,
2008.
2008 Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Colloquium Presentation: “Divine Manifestation and Human Creativity: Cultural Hermeneutics of
Myth, Ritual and Identity among the Osogbo-Yoruba People. 12 Quincy Street, Barker Center,
Cambridge, MA. April 9, 2008.
2008 Sacred Knowledge, Sacred Power and Performance: Ifa Divination in West Africa and the African
Diaspora. Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, March 14-16, 2008
Session Moderator: Ifa in the Americas
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2007 Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Lecture delivered to the
Yoruba Graduate Abroad Program (YGAP) titled “Interaction of Religions in Yorùbáland” July 22,
2007
2007 3rd
African Association for the Study of Religions/International Association for the History of
Religion Regional Conference, University of Botswana, Gaborone, July 8 – 13.
Theme: Religion and Healing & Religion and the Study of Religions in Africa
Paper Presented: Methods in Accessing Human Values in the Academic Study of Religions in
Contemporary Africa
2007 National Conference organized by the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria in Conjunction with The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC),
Lagos, March 22 & 23.
Theme: Culture and Society in Nigeria
Paper Presented: Motion and Movement: Reinvigorating the Ancient Landmark in Festival
Performance.
2006 Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature,
Washington, D.C., November 18 – 21.
Sessions Theme: World Religions and African Christianity
Paper Presented: The Ancient in the Mind, Memory and Religious Life of Contemporary
African Peoples.
2006 Faculty of Arts International Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, June 12-14
Theme: Rethinking the Humanities in Africa
Activity: Rapporteur & Member of Organizing/Communiqué Committee
2005 New Research Initiatives in Humanities and Social Sciences of Millennial Sustainability Studies
Project organized by University of Tsukuba, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Co-
sponsored by the Millennial Sustainability Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Faculty of Arts,
Cairo University and Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University, Cairo held on December 17th and
18th, 2005, at the Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
Theme: Cultural Values and Sustainability for the Future: Dialogue Between Egypt and Japan
Moderator/Chairperson: Panel on Saint Veneration in Upper Egypt and NGOs’ Contribution to
Sustainable Society in Philippine
2005 Workshop on Instructional and Course Development for National Open University of Nigeria, held
between November 7th to 10
th, 2005, at the Nigerian Theological Seminary (NBTS), Ogbomoso, Oyo
State
2005 Workshop on Fundamental of Fundraising in Proposal Writing Organized by the Directorate of
Linkages and Sponsored Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife: Carnegie Sponsored
Training Program held between 11th to 13
th October, 2005 (Faculty Representative).
2005 26th Annual Conference & 30
th Anniversary of the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 26th – 29
th September, 2005
Theme: Religion, Governance and Development in the 21st Century
Activity: Member, Local Organizing Committee
Paper Presented: Sound and Sentiment in Civil Governance: A Comparative Analysis of the
Ambiguity and Imperative of God-Elect in Israel’s Saul and Nigeria’s Obasanjo
2005 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Tokyo, Japan,
March 23-30
Theme: Religion: Conflict and Peace
Papers Presented: (a) Creation, Procreation and Re-creation: Earth, Motherhood and African
Indigenous Spirituality (b) Osun Water in Historical and Social Perspectives
2005 Faculty of Arts International Conference in Honour of Late Professor J. Olubi Sodipo, Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, March 7-9.
Theme: The Humanities, Nationalism and Democracy
Activity: Conference Secretary
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Paper Presented: Emerging Religious Nationalism in Nigerian Political Debate and Civil Life:
Abiola and Obasanjo Examined.
2004 11th Annual National Conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN),
Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, 15th – 18
th September, 2004
Theme: The United States and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Activity: Delegate for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Chapter.
2004 Workshop on Network ICT Skill Enhancement for OAUNet Coordinators/Managers Organised by
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in Collaboration with Carnegie Corporation of
New York held between 31st May – 4
th June, 2004
2004 1st Faculty of Arts Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, March 9-10.
Theme: The Humanities in the Era of Globalisation and Information Technology
Paper Presented: Communicating History, Life and Experience Through the Ooya Osun: Ifa Corpus
and Archaeology in Commensalisms.
2004 2nd
African Association for the Study of Religions (AASR) Conference in Africa, and International
Association for the History of Religions Regional Conference, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana,
February 5-8.
Theme: The Role of Religion in the Socio-Cultural Transformation of West Africa
Paper Presented: Religious Festivals: A Metaphor for the Revitalization of African Traditional
Values in the Era of Globalization
2003: Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Faculty of Arts Weekly Seminar Series, Wednesday December
17, 2003
Paper Presented: Osun Osogbo: A Metaphor for the Revitalization of Traditional Religion in Nigeria
2003. 24th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions (NASR), University
of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, October 6 – 11.
Theme: Religion, Leadership and the Society
Paper Presented: “Religious Experience and Women Leadership in Nigerian Islam: A Case Study of
Alhaja Sheidat Mujidat Adeoye, the Founder and Leader of the Fadilullah Muslim Mission, Osogbo.
2002: 1st Regional Conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, December 11-12.
Theme: Understanding America in the 21st Century.
2001: 22nd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions (NASR), University
of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, November 4-8.
Theme: Religion in Public Life in Nigeria.
Paper presented: Cultural Dynamics and Religious Developments: The Ijesa Factor in the 20th
Century Nigerian Christianity.
2000: New England/Maritimes Region, American Academy of Religion; The Society of Biblical
Literature; The Catholic Biblical Association. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Friday April 14, 2000.
Theme: Religions and Empires.
Paper presented: Myth, Metaphor and the Sacred: Women’s Spirituality in Melanesian Worldview
1999: International Conference co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and African-New
World Studies held at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Dec. 9-12, 1999.
Theme: From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millennium
Activities: Assistant to the Convener, Conference Steward: Video/Photographer, Audio recorder
1995: National Association for Christian Studies, S.S. Peter & Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria,
November 13-15.
Theme: Christianity in a Depressed Economy.
1995: 18th Annual Conference & 20th Anniversary of Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions
(NASR), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, September 24-28.
Theme: Religion and Cultural Identity in Nigeria.
Paper presented: Yoruba Cultural Identity: A Phenomenological Approach To Osun Festival”
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1995: Institute for Cultural Studies and College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria, May 17-19.
Theme: Culture and Health: The Meeting Point.
Paper Presented: The Cultural Factor in Aladura Healing Methods
1994: 17th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions, Federal Advanced
Teachers’ College, Abeokuta, September 23-25.
Theme: Religion, Democracy and National Stability.
Paper presented: Religious Manipulation in the Aborted Transition Programme.
1989: Council for the World’s Religion, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Dec. 4-8.
Theme: Religion and Peace in Multi-Faith Nigeria.
Activity: Conference Steward
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND SERVICES
2012 Manuscript Review for Department of Religions, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
2009 Manuscript Reviewer for Africa Today, Indiana University-Bloomington
2007- Reviewer, H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences:
Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, The Water Goddess in Igbo Cosmology: Ogbuide of Oguta Lake Trenton, NJ:
Africa World Press, Inc. 2008, xiv – 433
2004- Associate Editor, Ife Journal of Religions
2004 - 2007 Consultant on Curriculum Review of Graduate Studies, The Nigeria Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
2004 - 2006 Series Editor, Christian Religious Knowledge for Lantern Publications, Lagos, Nigeria
2004 - 2007 Member & Secretary, American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife Chapter
2003 - 2007 Consultant for Religious Studies Staff Recruitment, Alex-Duduyemi Memorial Secondary
Grammar School, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
2000 – 2001 International Student Coordinator, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
1999 – 2001 Research Assistant, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
1999 (Summer) Research Assistant, African and African American Studies, University of California, Davis
1995 - 1999 Treasurer, National Association for Christian Studies
1994 - 1999 Business Manager, Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions
1989 - 1993 English & Religious Studies Teacher, Ayegunle High School, Alagbon, Atakunmosa Local
Government Council, Osun State, Nigeria
1981 - 1983 Primary School Teacher, Government Teachers’ College Demonstration School, Ilesa, Oyo
State, Nigeria
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
2012 Chairman, Faculty of Arts International Conference 2012
2012 Faculty of Arts Website Committee
2012 Faculty Representative in Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
2012 Chairman, Faculty of Arts’ Committee for OAU 20th Anniversary.
2012 Member, Welfare and Hospitality Committee for OAU 50th Anniversary
2012- Chairman, Faculty of Arts Board of Examiners, Obafemi Awolowo Univefrsity, Ile-Ife
2011-2013 Member, Standing Committee of Congregation in the Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
2011 -2012 Chairman, Department of Religious Studies’ Postgraduate Committee
2010- Member, Faculty of Arts Accreditation Committee
2010-date Member, Faculty of Arts Review Panel
2009-date Associate Editor, Ife Journal of Religions
2009-2010 Faculty of Arts Representative at the Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University
2007- 2009 Member, Library Committee of The Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University
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2006 - 2009 Faculty of Arts Representative on University Postgraduate Board & Academic Research
Committee
2006 (Sept. – Dec.): Acting Head of Department of Religious Studies
2005- 2009 Member, Standing Committee of Congregation in the Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University
2005- 2009 Member, The Senate, Obafemi Awolowo University
2004- 2007 Secretary, Editorial Sub-Committee of Faculty of Arts 2005 Committee
2004-2007 Faculty of Arts’ Representative on the Faculty of Administration Selection Panel
2004- date Member & Secretary, Department of Religious Studies Curriculum Review Committee
2004-2006 Departmental Representative on the Faculty of Arts Week Committee
2004-2006 Secretary, Editorial/Conference Sub-Committee of Faculty of Arts Committee
2003-date Secretary, Faculty of Arts Diaspora Linkage Committee
2002-2003 Coordinator, Graduate Final Long Essay
2001-2005 Convener, Committee on Computer Networking the Faculty of Arts
2001-2006 Adviser, Nigerian Association for the Students of Religions (O.A.U. Ile-Ife Chapter)
2001-date Staff Adviser to Students
2001-2008 Member, Department of Religious Studies Registration Committee
1997-1999 Department of Religious Studies Representative at the Faculty of Arts Board of Studies
1996-1999 Member, Faculty of Arts Examination Vetting Committee
1995-1997 Member, Faculty of Arts Committee on Reactivation of Ife Festival of the Arts
1995-1997 Coordinator, Graduate Final Long Essay
1993-1999 Department of Religious Studies Representative at the Faculty Board of Education
1993-1999 Coordinator, Examination Matters (Examination & Time-table)
1993-1999 Member, Department of Religious Studies Registration Committee
1992-1999 Staff Adviser to Students
1992-1995 Departmental Staff Secretary, Department of Religious Studies
COURSES TAUGHT
HDS AAAS 188/HDS 3698: Religion, Immigration and Diaspora, Fall 2007/2008 (Assisting Professor
Jacob K. Olupona, Harvard Divinity School & African and African American Studies)
HDS 2337: Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa, Spring 2007/2008 (Assisting Professor
Jacob K. Olupona, Harvard Divinity School & African and African American Studies)
Graduate Courses (M.A. & PhD at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
REL 601/602: Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion I & II
REL 610/611: African Traditional Religion I & II
REL 612: African Religion: An Area Study
REL 660/661: Anthropology of Religion I & II
REL 662/663: Advanced Comparative Religion I & II
REL 664: The Phenomenology of Religion
REL 665/666: Advanced Sociology of Religion I & II
Undergraduate Courses
REL 101: Introduction to Social Anthropology of Religion
REL 102: Introduction to African Traditional Religion
REL 103: Background to Christianity
REL 105/202: Religion and Human Values I & II
REL 203: The Definition of Religion: A Variety
REL 206: Introduction to Comparative Study of Religion
REL 304: Research Methods in Religion
REL 305: The Four Orthodox Caliphs in Islam
REL 313: The Psychology of Religion
REL 314: The Sociology of Religion
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REL 401: Heilsgeschichte: The Unity of the Old and New Testaments
REL 405 Ethics
REL 406: Comparative Study of Religions
REL 407/408: Original Long Essay (average of 3 or 4 students supervised per session)
REL 413/414: Traditional Religion in Nigeria I & II
Graduate Courses (M.Th. & PhD in Theological Studies at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary)
Issues and Perspectives in the Study of World Religions
Religions in Contemporary World
New Religious Movements in the 19th and 20
th Centuries
Historical Development of Islamic Thought
Converging Themes in African Traditional Religion and Christianity
The Phenomenon of Islam within the Contemporary World
Trends within the Development of Asian Religious Thoughts
Contemporary Methodologies in World Religions
Ethical Issues in the Religions of the World
Shar’iah as Social Institution
Topics in African Traditional Religion
EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Harry Lawson Kwaku Agbanu, “Environmental Ethics in Mafi-Eue Indigenous Culture.” (PhD,
2011)
University of Ibadan
15 M.A. Dissertations in the Department of Religious Studies (2010)
27 M.A. Dissertations in the Department of Religious Studies (2011)
Roseline U.C. Okeke-Rufus, “Management of Environmental Conflict in Ogoniland from the
Perspective of Christian Environmental Ethics” (2010)
Essien D. Essien, “Work Ethics and Attitude of Christian Civil Servants in Selected Local
Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.” (PhD, 2011)
Samuel Kayode Olaleye, “The Centrality of Ebo as a Healing Technique in Ifa Divination in
Selected Yoruba Communities” (PhD, 2012)
Graduate Theological Seminary, Abeokuta, Nigeria
22 M.Th./M.Div. Dissertations in the Faculty of Theology (2011)
The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Nathaniel O. Orowale, “Oro Festival among the Oyo-Yoruba: Its Religio-Cultural Challenges for
Christian Faith in Ibarapaland” (PhD, 2011)
John O. Emokpe, “The Use of Indigenous Magical Arts (Amulets and Charms and Its Challenges to
Christianity in Urhoboland” (PhD, 2011)
M. I. Bulus (2015), “Zhibaje-Gbayi Socio-Cultural Life and Its Effects on the Church in the Federal
Capital Territory.” M.Th. The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
T. S. Kolade (2015), “Ebo Aimo (Unknown Sacrifice) Cultural Festival and its Challenges to the
Contemporary Church in Orolu Kingdom, Osun State” M.Th. The Nigerian Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
B.J. Okunola (2015), “Oke’Badan Festival and Christian Faith: An Appraisal of Religious
Interaction in Ibadanland” M.Th. The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Suku Bibi Ngiangia (2015), “Burial Rites among the Kalabari Kingdom and their Implications for
Church Growth in Rivers Baptist Conference” PhD. The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
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INTERNAL EXAMINATION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY, OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Department of History
Department of Linguistics and African Languages
Department of Music
Department of English
GRADUATE THESES/DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISION
Completed:
Ariyo, Gbolade Omotola (M.A.), 2015. “A Socio-cultural Study of the Development of Mare Festival in
Idanre as a Civil Faith of the People of Ondo State”
Akande, Michael Olawale (M.A.), 2015. “Anthropological and Sociological Study of Joseph Ayo Babalola
Mausoleum in Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State”
Adebolu Olusegun Oladosu (PhD), 2014. “Spirituality, Meanings and Messages of Drum/Drumming
in Indigenous African Communities”
Abimbola C. Ayegboyin (M.A), 2014. “A Comparative Study of Symbols in the Celestial Church of
Christ and the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ibadan, Oyo State”
Akinyemi Yetunde Blessing, 2014. “A Comparative Study of Myth, Ritual, and Politics in Olojo
Festival in Ile-Ife Under Oba Adesoji Aderemi and Oba Okunade Sijuwade” (M.A.)
Adeosun, Deborah Ibukunoluwa, 2014. “A Comparative Study of Ancestor Worship in Yoruba
Indigenous Religion and Sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church”(M.A.)
M.K.O. Ayeni, (2006) “Olumo Rock and Religious Identity Among the Egba People of Ogun State”
M.A., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
J. O. Olorunfemi (2006) “Religious and Philosophical Interpretations of Theism Within the Yoruba
Context” M.A., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
J. O. Oginni, 2009. “The Perception of the Mission and Pentecostal Churches on Gender Roles in Ilesa,
Osun State.” M.A. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (co-supervision)
Stephen Adekunle (2011), “Yoruba Traditional Beliefs and the Treatment of Mental Illness in Ile-Ife,
Osun State.: M.A. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
E. E. Nchor (2011.), “A Study of Myth, Ritual and Kingship Institution of the Utugwang Community
of Obudu, Cross River State.”: M.A. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
G.O. Oyewo (2012), “An Analysis of the Mechanisms for Justice in Yoruba Indigenous Religion in
Southwestern Nigeria” M.A. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
P. O. Alokan, “The Place of Revelations and Healings in the Practices of Christ Apostolic Church,
Nigeria, 1930-1994” Ph.D. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
S.O. Ifemosu (M.A.), 2011. “A Study of Female Seclusion in the Ritual Performance of Oro Isemo
Festival in Iperu-Remo of Ogun State”
George Olatayo (M.A.), 2013. “An Examination of Witchcraft Belief in the Context of African
Religion, Culture and Philosophy”
Jacob O. Adetolu (M.A.), 2013. “A Critical Study of Religious Beliefs and Perceptions about Poverty
among Selected Pentecostal and Aladura Churches in Ile-Ife.”
J.A. Olopade (2005) “A Comparative Study of Meditation in Buddhism, Christianity and Islam in an
African Christian Context.” M.Th., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso,
Nigeria.
A. Akpotor, (2005) “A Critical Evaluation of Moral Values in Urhobo Religious Tradition and Its
Relevance for the Christian Faith.” M.Th., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
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G. O. Olanrewaju, (2006)“Effects of Religious Interactions and Fanaticism on Church Growth in Oke-
Ogun Area of Oyo State, Nigeria, 1999-2005.” M.Th., The Nigerian Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
P. O. Awoniyi, (2007) “A Study of Yoruba Christianity in the Context of the New Testament Christian
Culture” PhD, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
M.M. Oboh, (2008) “Materialism in Early Church and Contemporary Nigerian Christianity” PhD, The
Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
A.G. Odediran, (2007) “Effects of Fatalism on the Practice of Christianity and Islam among the People
of Ejigbo in Osun State of Nigeria” M.Th. The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria
J.O. Oyeniyi (2007), “Religion and Social Transformation in Abuja Metropolis” M.Th., The Nigerian
Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
In Progress
Akinleye, Taiwo, “A Phenomenological Study of Sogidi Festival in Awe Community, Oyo State”
(M.A.)
Ayobami, Lydia Olatayo, “A Phenomenological Study of Opa Oodun in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State” (M.A.)
M. K. O. Ayeni, “Emergence and Growth of Institutional Yoruba Indigenous Religious Traditions”
(PhD)
S.S.B. Olabiyi, (M.A.), “A Study of the Dynamics and Transition in Indigenous Worship of Ijo
Adimula in Ola, Osun State, Nigeria”
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR)
American Academy of Religion (AAR)
African Association for the Study of Religions (AASR) (Member of Nigerian Publications Bureau &
Nigerian Representative)
International Sociological Association (ISA)
Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions (NASR) (Business Manager, 1994-1999)
National Association for Christian Studies (NACS) (Treasurer, 1995-1999)
American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN) (Secretary, OAU Chapter, 2004)