Edited by Eric M. Bridges, Sheila Smith McKoy, and LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey, The Wisdom of Ifá: An Ancient Paradigm for the 21st Century and Beyond explores Yoruba spirituality and the complex ways in which the acknowledgement of Ifá as a wisdom source can be used to address the needs of humanity in the twenty-first century and beyond. Through rituals and practices that honor nature's rhythms, the contributors explore how Ifá guides us towards sustainable coexistence with our environment, recognizing that our well-being is intricately linked to the health of the planet. The contributors also show how, in the realm of environmental stewardship, Ifá offers a holistic worldview that recognizes the interconnectedness of all life forms. This book offers discussions on environmentalism, gender, and politics that connect across the bounds of time, through the history, mythology, and lived realities of the tradition. As an ancient wisdom tradition that has enriched West African cultures, Ifá offers a roadmap for modern civilization to charter new paths for humanity and the challenges that we face.
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The Wisdom of Ifá: An Ancient Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond is a brilliant work of scholarship that illuminates the enduring relevance of the Ifá Divination System as both a body of knowledge and spiritual resource. The contributing scholars draw on robust research to explore and reimagine how Ifá addresses and is shaped by the challenges of modern society. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in African religion and what ancient philosophies, like Ifá, can teach us about our place in this world. -- Jacob K. Olupona, Harvard University
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This book explores Yoruba spirituality and the complex ways Ifá as a wisdom source can be used to address the needs of humanity in the twenty-first century and beyond. The contributors examine how Ifá guides us towards sustainable coexistence with our environment, recognizing that our well-being is intricately linked to the health of the planet.
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Eric M. Bridges, Sheila Smith McKoy and LaJuan Simpson
Wilkey
Chapter 1: An Interview with Dr. Wándé Abímbólá by Eric M. Bridges and
Stephen Agyemang-Koehler
Chapter 2: Ori and Ifá: Navigating a Contentious World by Eric Adewusi Mason
Chapter 3: The Earth Itself is Sacred: Natures Personification in the
Ifa/Orisha Religion by Raisa Parnell
Chapter 4: Place, Space, and Identity Formation at Oyotunji Village by Kenja
McCray and Antionette B. Brown-Waithe
Chapter 5: To Harness my Own Power: Ifa, Gender, and Healing by Sheila
Smith-McKoy
Chapter 6: The Osun Effect: Beyonce, Ifa, and the Complexities of Black
Womens Empowerment by Funlayo E. Wood
Chapter 7: Looking Back to Look Forward: Applying Akan and Yoruba Science in
Sankofa Afrofuturist Pedagogy (SAP) and Practice by Khalilah Ali
Chapter 8: Describing Inexplicable Aché by Vanessa Navarro Maza
Chapter 9: Christianity and Ifa: African Spirituality in an American Context
by LaJuan Simpson Wilkey and Stephen Agyemang-Koehler
Chapter 10: When Mouths Can No Longer Fight and Breasts That Swing Like Ifá:
The Wisdom of Ifá on Preventing World Hunger, War, and the Life Sustaining
Virtues of The Female Breasts! by Jo Anna Hunter, priest name Ìyánifá
Omótinúwé
Chapter 11: A Bastard People Singing and Crying in the Wilderness! Ifá and
the Chance at Legitimacy for Diasporic Africans in America by Michael
Lindsay
Conclusion by Sheila Smith McKoy
About the Contributors
Eric M. Bridges is professor of psychology at Clayton State University.
Sheila Smith McKoy is the owner of Smith McKoy & Associates and a former chair of the English Department at Kennesaw State University.
LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey is assistant vice-president for academic affairs at Kennesaw State University.
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