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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

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+234(0) 703.371.8844

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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

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.ogungbile.net/

David O. Ogungbile of 14

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


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


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-


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


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)


“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”


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

http://www.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/events.html


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


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”


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


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


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


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.


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.


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)

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