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Religion & Spirituality

Social Costs and Benefits of Atonement: A Sociological Study of Catholic, Aladura, and Pentecostal Churches in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Gloria Njideka Ayantayo — Ajayi Crowther University · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 10 June 2026

This study investigates the social costs and benefits of atonement within Nigerian Christianity, focusing on Catholic, Aladura (Christ Apostolic Church, CAC), and Pentecostal (Living Faith Church, Winners’ Chapel) con...

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African Literature

Formula in the Praise-Chants of Chief Adolphus Munamuna, Ọụbẹbẹ Kẹnị Ịzọn Ibe (The Chief Oral Poet of the Ịzọn Nation)

Imomitimi Armstrong — Niger Delta University · Vol. 24, No. 1 · 07 July 2018

This paper begins on the contention that scholars of African oral literature have exhibited a “best avoided” approach towards formula, the most important aspect of the oral-formulaic theory of Milman Parry and Albert Lor...

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